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+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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<sect1 id="ch-system-glibc" role="wrap">
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-<title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title>
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-<?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc"><primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary></indexterm>
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-<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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-<para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides
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-the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and
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-closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching,
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-arithmetic, and so on.</para>
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-<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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-<seglistitem><seg>16.7 SBU</seg><seg>500 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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-<segmentedlist>
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-<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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-<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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-Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo</seg></seglistitem>
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-</segmentedlist>
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-</sect2>
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-<sect2 role="installation">
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-<title>Installation of Glibc</title>
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-<note><para>Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in
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-order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's home page
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-(<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says <quote>This library
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-provides an <function>iconv()</function> implementation, for use on systems
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-which don't have one, or whose implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.
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-</quote> Glibc provides an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can
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-convert from/to Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS
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-system.</para></note>
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-
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-<para>The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install
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-perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still
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-pointing at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs
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-and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the
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-Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal
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-of achieving a clean build.</para>
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-
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-<para>The glibc-libidn tarball adds support for internationalized
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-domain names (IDN) to Glibc. Many programs that
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-support IDN require the full libidn library (see
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-<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/general/libidn.html"/>),
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-not this add-on.
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-Unpack the tarball from within the Glibc source
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-directory:</para>
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+ <?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?>
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+
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+ <title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title>
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+
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc">
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+ <primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+
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+ <sect2 role="package">
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+ <title/>
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+
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+ <para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides
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+ the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and
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+ closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching,
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+ arithmetic, and so on.</para>
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+
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+ <segmentedlist>
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+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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+
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+ <seglistitem>
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+ <seg>16.7 SBU</seg>
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+ <seg>500 MB</seg>
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+ </seglistitem>
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+ </segmentedlist>
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+
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+ <segmentedlist>
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+ <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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+
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+ <seglistitem>
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+ <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Grep,
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+ Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo</seg>
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+ </seglistitem>
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+ </segmentedlist>
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+
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+ </sect2>
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+
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+ <sect2 role="installation">
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+ <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
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+
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+ <note>
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+ <para>Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in
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+ order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's
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+ home page (<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says
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+ <quote>This library provides an <function>iconv()</function>
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+ implementation, for use on systems which don't have one, or whose
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+ implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.</quote> Glibc provides
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+ an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can convert from/to
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+ Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS system.</para>
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+ </note>
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+
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+ <para>The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install
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+ perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still
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+ pointing at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs
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+ and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the
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+ Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal
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+ of achieving a clean build.</para>
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+
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+ <para>The glibc-libidn tarball adds support for internationalized domain
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+ names (IDN) to Glibc. Many programs that support IDN require the full
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+ <filename class="libraryfile">libidn</filename> library (see
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+ <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/general/libidn.html"/>), not this add-on.
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+ Unpack the tarball from within the Glibc source directory:</para>
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<screen><userinput>tar -xf ../glibc-libidn-&glibc-version;.tar.bz2</userinput></screen>
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-<para>In the vi_VN.TCVN locale, <command>bash</command> enters an infinite loop
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-at startup. It is unknown whether this is a <command>bash</command> bug or a
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-Glibc problem. Disable installation of this locale in order to avoid the
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-problem:</para>
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+ <para>In the vi_VN.TCVN locale, <command>bash</command> enters an infinite loop
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+ at startup. It is unknown whether this is a <command>bash</command> bug or a
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+ Glibc problem. Disable installation of this locale in order to avoid the
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+ problem:</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i '/vi_VN.TCVN/d' localedata/SUPPORTED</userinput></screen>
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-<para>When running <command>make install</command>, a script called
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-<filename>test-installation.pl</filename> performs a small sanity test
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-on our newly installed Glibc. However, because our toolchain still points to the
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-<filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory, the sanity test would
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-be carried out against the wrong Glibc. We can force the script to check the
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-Glibc we have just installed with the following:</para>
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+ <para>When running <command>make install</command>, a script called
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+ <filename>test-installation.pl</filename> performs a small sanity test on
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+ our newly installed Glibc. However, because our toolchain still points to
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+ the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory, the sanity
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+ test would be carried out against the wrong Glibc. We can force the script
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+ to check the Glibc we have just installed with the following:</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i \
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's|libs -o|libs -L/usr/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o|' \
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scripts/test-installation.pl</userinput></screen>
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-<para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
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-directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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+ <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
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+ directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
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cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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+ <para>Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \
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--disable-profile --enable-add-ons \
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--enable-kernel=2.6.0 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</userinput></screen>
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-<para>The meaning of the new configure options:</para>
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+ <variablelist>
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+ <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
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+
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+ <varlistentry>
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+ <term><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</parameter></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>This changes the location of the <command>pt_chown</command>
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+ program from its default of <filename
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+ class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to <filename
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+ class="directory">/usr/lib/glibc</filename>.</para>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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-<variablelist>
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-<varlistentry>
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-<term><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</parameter></term>
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-<listitem><para>This changes the location of the
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-<command>pt_chown</command> program from its default of <filename
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-class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to <filename
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-class="directory">/usr/lib/glibc</filename>.</para></listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-</variablelist>
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+ </variablelist>
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-<para>Compile the package:</para>
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+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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-<important><para>In this section, the test suite for Glibc is
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-considered critical. Do not skip it under any
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-circumstance.</para></important>
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+ <important>
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+ <para>In this section, the test suite for Glibc is considered critical.
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+ Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para>
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+ </important>
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-<para>Test the results:</para>
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+ <para>Test the results:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make -k check >glibc-check-log 2>&1
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grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen>
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-<para>On at least i686 you can expect to see failures in the <emphasis>test-double
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-</emphasis> and <emphasis>test-idouble</emphasis> math tests with
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-gcc-&gcc-version;, as well as an expected (ignored) failure in <emphasis>
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-posix/annexc</emphasis>. These two failures in the math tests appear to be
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-harmless.</para>
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-
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-<para>The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of
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-the host system, in particular the kernel. In certain circumstances,
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-some failures are unavoidable. This is a list of the most common
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-issues:</para>
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-
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-<itemizedlist>
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-<listitem><para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail in other tests
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-when running
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-on systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or authentic AMD.
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-Certain optimization settings are also known to be a factor here.</para></listitem>
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-
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-<listitem><para>The <emphasis>gettext</emphasis> test sometimes fails due to
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-host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para></listitem>
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-
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-<listitem><para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the
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-<parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test will
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-fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="space-mounting"/>, do not use the
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-<parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para></listitem>
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-
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-<listitem><para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests
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-can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para></listitem>
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-</itemizedlist>
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-
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-<para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will
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-complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.
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-Prevent this warning with:</para>
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+ <para>On at least i686 you can expect to see failures in the
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+ <emphasis>test-double </emphasis> and <emphasis>test-idouble</emphasis>
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+ math tests with gcc-&gcc-version;, as well as an expected (ignored)
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+ failure in <emphasis> posix/annexc</emphasis>. These two failures in
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+ the math tests appear to be harmless.</para>
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+
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+ <para>The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of
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+ the host system, in particular the kernel. In certain circumstances,
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+ some failures are unavoidable. This is a list of the most common
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+ issues:</para>
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+
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+ <itemizedlist>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail in other
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+ tests when running on systems where the CPU is not a relatively
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+ new genuine Intel or authentic AMD. Certain optimization settings
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+ are also known to be a factor here.</para>
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+ </listitem>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>The <emphasis>gettext</emphasis> test sometimes fails due to
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+ host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para>
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+ </listitem>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the
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+ <parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis>
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+ test will fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="space-mounting"/>, do not
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+ use the <parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para>
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+ </listitem>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests
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+ can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </itemizedlist>
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+
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+ <para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will
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+ complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.
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+ Prevent this warning with:</para>
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<screen><userinput>touch /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Install the package:</para>
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+ <para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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-<para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different
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-language were not installed by the above command. None of the
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-locales are required, but, if some of them are misssing, testuites of the
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-future packages would skip important testcases.</para>
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-
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-<para>Individual locales can be installed using the <command>localedef</command>
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-program. E.g., the first <command>localedef</command> command below combines
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-the <filename>/usr/share/i18n/locales/de_DE</filename> charset-independent
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-locale definition with the
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-<filename>/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/ISO-8859-1.gz</filename> charmap definition
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-and appends the result to the
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-<filename>/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive</filename> file. The following
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-instructions will install the minimum set of locales necessary
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-for the optimal coverage of tests:</para>
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+ <para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different language
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+ were not installed by the above command. None of the locales are required,
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+ but, if some of them are misssing, testuites of the future packages would
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+ skip important testcases.</para>
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+
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+ <para>Individual locales can be installed using the
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+ <command>localedef</command> program. E.g., the first
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+ <command>localedef</command> command below combines the
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+ <filename>/usr/share/i18n/locales/de_DE</filename>
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+ charset-independent locale definition with the
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+ <filename>/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/ISO-8859-1.gz</filename>
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+ charmap definition and appends the result to the
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+ <filename>/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive</filename> file.
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+ The following instructions will install the minimum set of
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+ locales necessary for the optimal coverage of tests:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
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localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
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@@ -181,36 +206,43 @@ localedef -i fr_FR -f UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8
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localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
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localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen>
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-<para>In addition, install the locale for your own country, language and
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-character set.</para>
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+ <para>In addition, install the locale for your own country, language and
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+ character set.</para>
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-<para>Alternatively, install all locales
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-listed in the <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename>
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-file (it includes every locale listed above and many more)
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-at once with the following time-consuming command:</para>
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+ <para>Alternatively, install all locales listed in the
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+ <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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+ (it includes every locale listed above and many more) at once with the
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+ following time-consuming command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Then use the <command>localedef</command> command to create and
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-install locales not listed in the
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-<filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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-in the unlikely case if you need them.</para>
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-<!-- The Live CD patches the localedata/SUPPORTED file instead of
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-running localedef, the results are equivalent -->
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+ <para>Then use the <command>localedef</command> command to create and
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+ install locales not listed in the
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+ <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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+ in the unlikely case if you need them.</para>
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+ <!-- The Live CD patches the localedata/SUPPORTED file instead of
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+ running localedef, the results are equivalent -->
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+
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+ </sect2>
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-</sect2>
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+ <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration">
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+ <title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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-<sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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-<indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm>
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-<indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary></indexterm>
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+ <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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+ <primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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-<para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created
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-because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt,
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-the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. The time zone
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-also needs to be configured.</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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+ <primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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-<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the
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-following:</para>
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+ <para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created
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+ because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt,
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+ the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. The time zone
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+ also needs to be configured.</para>
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+
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+ <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the
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+ following:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
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@@ -230,59 +262,62 @@ rpc: files
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# End /etc/nsswitch.conf</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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-<para>To determine the local time zone, run the following script:</para>
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+ <para>To determine the local time zone, run the following script:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen>
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-<para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script
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-will output the name of the time zone (e.g.,
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-<emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>).
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-Then create the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by
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-running:</para>
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+ <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will
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+ output the name of the time zone (e.g., <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or
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+ <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>). Then create the
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+ <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
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/etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone
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-that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
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-
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-<para>The meaning of the cp option:</para>
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-
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-<variablelist>
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-<varlistentry>
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-<term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term>
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|
-<listitem><para>This is needed to force removal of the already
|
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|
-existing symbolic link. The reason for copying the file instead of
|
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-using a symlink is to cover the situation where <filename
|
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-class="directory">/usr</filename> is on a separate partition. This
|
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-could be important when booted into single user
|
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|
-mode.</para></listitem>
|
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-</varlistentry>
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-</variablelist>
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-
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-</sect2>
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-
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-
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-<sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration">
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|
-<title>Configuring the Dynamic Loader</title>
|
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|
-<indexterm zone="conf-ld"><primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary></indexterm>
|
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-
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-<para>By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
|
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|
-class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through
|
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-<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
|
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-class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are
|
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|
-needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in
|
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|
-directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
|
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|
-<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be
|
|
|
-added to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order
|
|
|
-for the dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly
|
|
|
-known to contain additional libraries are <filename
|
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|
-class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename
|
|
|
-class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the
|
|
|
-dynamic loader's search path.</para>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
|
|
|
-following:</para>
|
|
|
+ <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone
|
|
|
+ that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <variablelist>
|
|
|
+ <title>The meaning of the cp option:</title>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry>
|
|
|
+ <term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>This is needed to force removal of the already existing symbolic
|
|
|
+ link. The reason for copying the file instead of using a symlink is to
|
|
|
+ cover the situation where <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
|
|
|
+ is on a separate partition. This could be important when booted into
|
|
|
+ single user mode.</para>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ </variablelist>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ </sect2>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration">
|
|
|
+ <title>Configuring the Dynamic Loader</title>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="conf-ld">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <para>By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
|
|
|
+ class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through
|
|
|
+ <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
|
|
|
+ class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are
|
|
|
+ needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in
|
|
|
+ directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
|
|
|
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be added
|
|
|
+ to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order for the
|
|
|
+ dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly known
|
|
|
+ to contain additional libraries are <filename
|
|
|
+ class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename
|
|
|
+ class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the
|
|
|
+ dynamic loader's search path.</para>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
|
|
|
+ following:</para>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
|
|
|
<literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
|
|
|
@@ -293,430 +328,535 @@ following:</para>
|
|
|
# End /etc/ld.so.conf</literal>
|
|
|
EOF</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
|
|
-</sect2>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content"><title>Contents of Glibc</title>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<segmentedlist>
|
|
|
-<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
|
|
|
-<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
|
|
|
-<seglistitem><seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf,
|
|
|
-getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig, ldd, lddlibc4, locale,
|
|
|
-localedef, mtrace, nscd, nscd_nischeck, pcprofiledump, pt_chown, rpcgen,
|
|
|
-rpcinfo, sln, sprof, tzselect, xtrace, zdump, and zic</seg>
|
|
|
-<seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so],
|
|
|
-libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so], libbsd-compat.a, libc.[a,so], libcidn.so,
|
|
|
-libcrypt.[a,so], libdl.[a,so], libg.a, libieee.a, libm.[a,so], libmcheck.a,
|
|
|
-libmemusage.so, libnsl.a, libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so,
|
|
|
-libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, libpcprofile.so,
|
|
|
-libpthread.[a,so], libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so],
|
|
|
-libthread_db.so, and libutil.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
|
|
|
-</segmentedlist>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|
|
-<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
|
|
-<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="catchsegv">
|
|
|
-<term><command>catchsegv</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Can be used to create a stack trace when a program
|
|
|
-terminates with a segmentation fault</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv"><primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="gencat">
|
|
|
-<term><command>gencat</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Generates message catalogues</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat"><primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="getconf">
|
|
|
-<term><command>getconf</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Displays the system configuration values for file system specific variables</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf"><primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="getent">
|
|
|
-<term><command>getent</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent"><primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="iconv">
|
|
|
-<term><command>iconv</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Performs character set conversion</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv"><primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="iconvconfig">
|
|
|
-<term><command>iconvconfig</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration files</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig"><primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="ldconfig">
|
|
|
-<term><command>ldconfig</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig"><primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="ldd">
|
|
|
-<term><command>ldd</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports which shared libraries are required
|
|
|
-by each given program or shared library</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd"><primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="lddlibc4">
|
|
|
-<term><command>lddlibc4</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4"><primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="locale">
|
|
|
-<term><command>locale</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Prints various information about the current locale</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale"><primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="localedef">
|
|
|
-<term><command>localedef</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Compiles locale specifications</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef"><primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="mtrace">
|
|
|
-<term><command>mtrace</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and displays a summary in human-readable format</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"><primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="nscd">
|
|
|
-<term><command>nscd</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
|
|
|
-service requests</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd"><primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="nscd_nischeck">
|
|
|
-<term><command>nscd_nischeck</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Checks whether or not secure mode is necessary for NIS+ lookup</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd_nischeck"><primary sortas="b-nscd_nischeck">nscd_nischeck</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="pcprofiledump">
|
|
|
-<term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump"><primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="pt_chown">
|
|
|
-<term><command>pt_chown</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>A helper program for <command>grantpt</command> to set
|
|
|
-the owner, group and access permissions of a slave pseudo terminal</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pt_chown"><primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="rpcgen">
|
|
|
-<term><command>rpcgen</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure Call (RPC) protocol</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen"><primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="rpcinfo">
|
|
|
-<term><command>rpcinfo</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Makes an RPC call to an RPC server</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcinfo"><primary sortas="b-rpcinfo">rpcinfo</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="sln">
|
|
|
-<term><command>sln</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>A statically linked <command>ln</command> program</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln"><primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="sprof">
|
|
|
-<term><command>sprof</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof"><primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="tzselect">
|
|
|
-<term><command>tzselect</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Asks the user about the location of the
|
|
|
-system and reports the corresponding time zone description</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect"><primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="xtrace">
|
|
|
-<term><command>xtrace</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Traces the execution of a program by
|
|
|
-printing the currently executed function</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace"><primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="zdump">
|
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-<term><command>zdump</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The time zone dumper</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump"><primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="zic">
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-<term><command>zic</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The time zone compiler</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic"><primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="ld.so">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The helper program for shared library executables</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so"><primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Used internally by Glibc as a gross hack to get broken programs
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-(e.g., some Motif applications) running. See comments in
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-<filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/locale/broken_cur_max.c</filename> for more
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-information</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale"><primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libSegFault">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The segmentation fault signal handler, used by
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-<command>catchsegv</command></para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault"><primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libanl">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl"><primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libbsd-compat">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbsd-compat</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Provides the portability needed
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-in order to run certain Berkey Software Distribution (BSD) programs under Linux</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libbsd-compat"><primary sortas="c-libbsd-compat">libbsd-compat</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libc">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The main C library</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc"><primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libcidn">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcidn</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain names in
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-the <function>getaddrinfo()</function> function</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"><primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libcrypt">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The cryptography library</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"><primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libdl">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The dynamic linking interface library</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl"><primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libg">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was a runtime library
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-for <command>g++</command></para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg"><primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libieee">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Linking in this module forces error handling rules for math functions as
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-defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
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-The default is POSIX.1 error handling</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee"><primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libm">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>The mathematical library</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm"><primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libmcheck">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Turns on memory allocation checking when linked to</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck"><primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libmemusage">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect
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-information about the memory usage of a program</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage"><primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary></indexterm>
|
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libnsl">
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
|
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-<listitem>
|
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|
-<para>The network services library</para>
|
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|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl"><primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary></indexterm>
|
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="libnss">
|
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-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term>
|
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-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>The Name Service Switch libraries,
|
|
|
-containing functions for resolving host names, user names, group names,
|
|
|
-aliases, services, protocols, etc.</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"><primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
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|
-
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-<varlistentry id="libpcprofile">
|
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|
-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Contains profiling functions used
|
|
|
-to track the amount of CPU time spent in specific source code lines</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile"><primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
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|
-
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|
-<varlistentry id="libpthread">
|
|
|
-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>The POSIX threads library</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread"><primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
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|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="libresolv">
|
|
|
-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Contains functions for creating,
|
|
|
-sending, and interpreting packets to the Internet domain name servers</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv"><primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="librpcsvc">
|
|
|
-<term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc"><primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="librt">
|
|
|
-<term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Contains functions providing most of the
|
|
|
-interfaces specified by the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt"><primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="libthread_db">
|
|
|
-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Contains functions useful for
|
|
|
-building debuggers for multi-threaded programs</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db"><primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="libutil">
|
|
|
-<term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in many different Unix utilities</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil"><primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-</variablelist>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-</sect2>
|
|
|
+ </sect2>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content">
|
|
|
+ <title>Contents of Glibc</title>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <segmentedlist>
|
|
|
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
|
|
|
+ <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <seglistitem>
|
|
|
+ <seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig,
|
|
|
+ ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, mtrace, nscd, nscd_nischeck,
|
|
|
+ pcprofiledump, pt_chown, rpcgen, rpcinfo, sln, sprof, tzselect, xtrace,
|
|
|
+ zdump, and zic</seg>
|
|
|
+ <seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so], libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so],
|
|
|
+ libbsd-compat.a, libc.[a,so], libcidn.so, libcrypt.[a,so], libdl.[a,so],
|
|
|
+ libg.a, libieee.a, libm.[a,so], libmcheck.a, libmemusage.so, libnsl.a,
|
|
|
+ libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so, libnss_hesiod.so,
|
|
|
+ libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, libpcprofile.so, libpthread.[a,so],
|
|
|
+ libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so], libthread_db.so, and
|
|
|
+ libutil.[a,so]</seg>
|
|
|
+ </seglistitem>
|
|
|
+ </segmentedlist>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <variablelist>
|
|
|
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|
|
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
|
|
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="catchsegv">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>catchsegv</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Can be used to create a stack trace when a program
|
|
|
+ terminates with a segmentation fault</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="gencat">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>gencat</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Generates message catalogues</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="getconf">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>getconf</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Displays the system configuration values for file system
|
|
|
+ specific variables</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="getent">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>getent</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="iconv">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>iconv</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Performs character set conversion</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="iconvconfig">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>iconvconfig</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration
|
|
|
+ files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="ldconfig">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>ldconfig</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="ldd">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>ldd</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports which shared libraries are required
|
|
|
+ by each given program or shared library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="lddlibc4">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>lddlibc4</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="locale">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>locale</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints various information about the current locale</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="localedef">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>localedef</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Compiles locale specifications</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="mtrace">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>mtrace</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and displays a summary
|
|
|
+ in human-readable format</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="nscd">
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+ <term><command>nscd</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
|
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+ <para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
|
|
|
+ service requests</para>
|
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|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd">
|
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|
+ <primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="nscd_nischeck">
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+ <term><command>nscd_nischeck</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
|
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+ <para>Checks whether or not secure mode is necessary for NIS+
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|
+ lookup</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd_nischeck">
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|
+ <primary sortas="b-nscd_nischeck">nscd_nischeck</primary>
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|
+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="pcprofiledump">
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+ <term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
|
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+ <listitem>
|
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+ <para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para>
|
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|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump">
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+ <primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="pt_chown">
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+ <term><command>pt_chown</command></term>
|
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>A helper program for <command>grantpt</command> to set the owner,
|
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|
+ group and access permissions of a slave pseudo terminal</para>
|
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|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pt_chown">
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|
+ <primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="rpcgen">
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+ <term><command>rpcgen</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure Call (RPC)
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+ protocol</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen">
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+ <primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
|
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="rpcinfo">
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+ <term><command>rpcinfo</command></term>
|
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+ <listitem>
|
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+ <para>Makes an RPC call to an RPC server</para>
|
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|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcinfo">
|
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+ <primary sortas="b-rpcinfo">rpcinfo</primary>
|
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|
+ </indexterm>
|
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="sln">
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|
+ <term><command>sln</command></term>
|
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|
+ <listitem>
|
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|
+ <para>A statically linked <command>ln</command> program</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln">
|
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|
+ <primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary>
|
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|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
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|
+ </varlistentry>
|
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+
|
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+ <varlistentry id="sprof">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>sprof</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
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+
|
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|
+ <varlistentry id="tzselect">
|
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|
+ <term><command>tzselect</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Asks the user about the location of the system and reports
|
|
|
+ the corresponding time zone description</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="xtrace">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>xtrace</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Traces the execution of a program by printing the currently
|
|
|
+ executed function</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="zdump">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>zdump</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The time zone dumper</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="zic">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>zic</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The time zone compiler</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="ld.so">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The helper program for shared library executables</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Used internally by Glibc as a gross hack to get broken programs
|
|
|
+ (e.g., some Motif applications) running. See comments in
|
|
|
+ <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/locale/broken_cur_max.c</filename>
|
|
|
+ for more information</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libSegFault">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The segmentation fault signal handler, used by
|
|
|
+ <command>catchsegv</command></para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libanl">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libbsd-compat">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libbsd-compat</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Provides the portability needed in order to run certain Berkey
|
|
|
+ Software Distribution (BSD) programs under Linux</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libbsd-compat">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libbsd-compat">libbsd-compat</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libc">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The main C library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libcidn">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcidn</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain
|
|
|
+ names in the <function>getaddrinfo()</function> function</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libcrypt">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The cryptography library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libdl">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The dynamic linking interface library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libg">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was a runtime
|
|
|
+ library for <command>g++</command></para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libieee">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Linking in this module forces error handling rules for math
|
|
|
+ functions as defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
|
|
|
+ Engineers (IEEE). The default is POSIX.1 error handling</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libm">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The mathematical library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libmcheck">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Turns on memory allocation checking when linked to</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libmemusage">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect
|
|
|
+ information about the memory usage of a program</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libnsl">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The network services library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libnss">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for
|
|
|
+ resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services,
|
|
|
+ protocols, etc.</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libpcprofile">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Contains profiling functions used to track the amount of CPU
|
|
|
+ time spent in specific source code lines</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libpthread">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>The POSIX threads library</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libresolv">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting
|
|
|
+ packets to the Internet domain name servers</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="librpcsvc">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="librt">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified
|
|
|
+ by the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libthread_db">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Contains functions useful for building debuggers for
|
|
|
+ multi-threaded programs</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="libutil">
|
|
|
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in
|
|
|
+ many different Unix utilities</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ </variablelist>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ </sect2>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
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|
-
|
Manuel Canales Esparcia