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| author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-08-10 15:54:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-08-10 15:54:54 +0000 |
| commit | a5f4e34a264b7cd296f8ca890ca4eaa1d0f99317 (patch) | |
| tree | ba02529e747024948875e5f6eb93c1676a9d2144 /FAQ | |
| parent | 0e94359046d83b56f1b15ff00c4b2f75499bf8c3 (diff) | |
| download | glibc-a5f4e34a264b7cd296f8ca890ca4eaa1d0f99317.tar.gz | |
Update.
1998-08-10 15:49 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* include/dirent.h: Protect from double inclusion.
1998-08-09 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>
* posix/glob.h: Add LFS support for glob and globfree.
* posix/Versions [GLIBC_2.1]: Add glob64 and globfree64.
* posix/Makefile (routines): Add glob64.
* sysdeps/generic/glob64.c: New file.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/glob64.c: New file.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/glob64.c: New file.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/glob64.c: New file.
* sysdeps/generic/glob.c [_LIBC && glob] (__glob_pattern_p):
Elide function.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/glob.c: Add glob64 as a weak alias
for __new_glob. Likewise for globfree64.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/glob.c: New file.
1998-08-09 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* sysdeps/unix/Makefile ($(common-objpfx)s-proto.d): Remove
-include flag from command.
Diffstat (limited to 'FAQ')
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@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ please let me know. 3.11. I get some errors with `gcc -ansi'. Isn't glibc ANSI compatible? 3.12. I can't access some functions anymore. nm shows that they do exist but linking fails nevertheless. +3.13. When using the db-2 library which comes with glibc is used in + the Perl db modules the testsuite is not passed. This did not + happen with db-1, gdbm, or ndbm. 4. Miscellaneous @@ -1159,6 +1162,22 @@ e.g. __ivaliduser). If a program uses these interfaces, it's broken. These internal interfaces might change between glibc releases or dropped completely. + +3.13. When using the db-2 library which comes with glibc is used in + the Perl db modules the testsuite is not passed. This did not + happen with db-1, gdbm, or ndbm. + +{UD} You are using an outdated copy of the DB_File Perl module. In fact db-2 +finally removed the handling of zero-sized keys which was one of the features +tested by the old Perl testsuite and therefore you see an error. But this +never was documented and guaranteed, only broken programs used this feature. + +Consequently db-2 does not need to support this feature and instead signals +an error which leads to easier debugging. The DB_File module maintainer +Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> acknowledged this change and fixed +the testsuite so that if you use DB_File v1.60 or later you should not have +any more problems with db-2. + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |