* time/time.h (struct timespec): Use __time_t for tv_sec element.
* sysdeps/generic/inttypes.h: Define __wchar_t. Use it instead of
wchar_t for function declarations and defintions.
* misc/sys/select.h: Define __need_time_t before including <time.h>.
Define suseconds_t if it hasn't happened yet.
* iconv/gconv.h: Define __need_wchar_t before including <stddef.h>.
* conform/data/sys/uio.h-data: Allow UIO_MAXIOV to be defined.
* sysdeps/generic/stdint.h: Don't get definition of wchar_t from
<stddef.h>.
* conform/data/stddef.h-data: Remove wint_t.
* locale/lc-time.c (_nl_parse_alt_digit): New function.
* locale/localeinfo.h: Add prototype for it.
* time/strptime.c (get_alt_number): Use _nl_parse_alt_digit to get
the value. Correct computation of hour for %OI. If no %EC given
but %Ey use numeric formular.
2001-08-09 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* catgets/catgets.c (catclose): Be liberal about catalog_desc in
catclose too.
* time/tst-strptime.c: Add test case for %U and %W handling.
2001-07-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
* manual/argp.texi: Remove ignored LGPL copyright notice; it's
not appropriate for documentation anyway.
* manual/libc-texinfo.sh: "Library General Public License" ->
"Lesser General Public License".
2001-07-06 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* All files under GPL/LGPL version 2: Place under LGPL version
2.1.
2001-06-13 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* time/sys/time.h: Don't use enum __itimer_which ever for
__itimer_which_t for C++.
Reported by Martin Buchholz <martin@xemacs.org>.
* po/fr.po: Update from translation team.
2001-06-12 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
2001-06-11 Michael Deutschmann <michael@talamasca.ocis.net>
Michael Deutschmann <michael@talamasca.ocis.net>
* manual/Makefile (TEXI2PDF): Change to texi2dvi --pdf.
Suggested by Minko Markov <mmarkov@home.com>.
2001-01-02 Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>
* sysdeps/powerpc/elf/start.S (__data_start): Make it global.
* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-machine.c (dl_reloc_overflow): Print the name of
the failing symbol.
(__process_machine_rela): Pass symbol to dl_reloc_overflow().
2001-01-02 Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
* time/tzset.c (tzset_internal): Make sure we fall back to UTC
if TZ is not set and TZDEFAULT is not present.
2001-01-01 Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
* string/strings.h: Make sure we declare our functions even if
string.h is already included, based on whether or not __USE_BSD is
defined.
2001-01-02 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* dlfcn/dlerror.c (dlerror): Handle call of dlerror() before any
other dlopen() and dlsym().
Based on a patch by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
2001-01-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* dlfcn/errmsg1.c (main): Call dlerror initially.
Reported by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
2001-01-02 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
2000-10-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
* time/strftime.c (my_strftime macro)
[!defined _LIBC && HAVE_TZNAME && HAVE_TZSET]:
When redefining, do it without args, so that it works even if
emacs is defined and an extra argument is passed to my_stftime.
(my_strftime function): When evaluating a subformat, pass
ut_argument as well.
2000-10-24 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/Versions: Add pciconfig_read and
pciconfig_write.
* sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.c (_dl_cache_verify_ptr): Correct test
for files with new cache format.
(_dl_load_cache_lookup): Add variable cache_data_size for size of the
data. Correctly report error if neither old not new signature is
found. Little optimizations.
Mostly based on a patch by Denis Zaitsev <zzz@cd-club.ru>.
2000-09-03 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* time/sys/time.h (gettimeofday): Move restrict for tz parameter
to the typedefs of __timezone_ptr_t.
Reported by MATSUMURA Hiromitsu <coji2@mb.infoweb.ne.jp>.
2000-09-02 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* nss/nss_files/files-hosts.c (HOST_DB_LOOKUP): Increment counter in
the loop.
2000-09-01 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* Makeconfig (built-program-cmd): Don't use the dynamic linker
to run a binary if it is in $(tests-static).
* Rules (binaries-static): Add $(tests-static).
2000-08-20 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* time/tst-getdate.c (main): Make error messages more human readable.
* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu_control.h (_FPU_GETCW): Allow gcc to generic
postinc/postdec instruction.
(_FPU_SETCW): Likewise.
Patch by Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>.
2000-08-12 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* include/features.h (__STDC_ISO_10646__): Define.
Reported by Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk>.
* include/features.h (__USE_ISOC99): Define for _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600.
* locale/langinfo.h: Define YESSTR and NOSTR also for XPG4 (but not
for revision 6 and up).
* posix/sys/types.h: Define __need_timer_t and __need_clockid_t before
including <time.h>.
* time/time.h: Allow __need_timer_t and __need_clockid_t to be defined
to get definitions of just these types.
* signal/signal.h: Define thread signal handling functions also for
POSIX95.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/types.h: Define thread types also for
POSIX95.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/types.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/bits/types.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/types.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/bits/types.h: Likewise.
* sysvipc/sys/shm.h: Define pid_t for XPG.
* wcsmbs/wchar.h: Make the various wide char string and stream
functions available for the respective XPG versions.
2000-08-01 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sys/elf.h (elf_greg_t, ELF_NGREG,
elf_gregset_t, elf_fpregset_t, elf_fpxregset_t): Moved to
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sys/procfs.h.
Remove the junk that's only relevant in the Linux kernel itself.
Add a warning saying that this file is now obsolete, and include
<sys/procfs.h>.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sys/procfs.h (elf_greg_t,
ELF_NGREG, elf_gregset_t, elf_fpregset_t, elf_fpxregset_t): Moved
here from sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sys/elf.h. Don't include
<signal.h>, <sys/ucontext.h> and <sys/elf.h>. Remove parts of
`struct elf_prstatus' that are #ifdef'ed out. Improve comments
and add the notice that the file is primarily there for GDB.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sys/user.h: Fix comment.
2000-08-09 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_compute): __tzstring zones
from zone_names.
2000-08-09 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* resolv/resolv.h (__res_state): Surround prototype with
__BEGIN_DECLS/__END_DECLS.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/chown.c: Include kernel-features.h.
2000-08-04 Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/bits/resource.h (__rlimit_resource):
Make independant of asm/resource.h from the Linux kernel.
2000-08-06 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
* iconv/gconv_conf.c (__gconv_read_conf): Don't call realpath.
2000-08-06 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
* intl/Makefile (CPPFLAGS): Remove $(i18ndir) from LOCALE_ALIAS_PATH.
* locale/Makefile (locale-CPPFLAGS): Likewise.
2000-08-09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/i386/fpu/libm-test-ulps: Increase several error values
for AMD processors.
2000-08-03 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* misc/Versions (mincore): Export at GLIBC_2.2.
2000-08-03 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
* intl/libintl.h (gettext, dgettext, dcgettext): Add back __THROW.
2000-05-17 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h (_DL_CACHE_DEFAULT_ID): Only define if
not yet defined.
(_dl_cache_check_flags): Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/dl-cache.h: include_next
dl-cache.h.
2000-05-17 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* manual/creature.texi (Feature Test Macros): Remove paragraph
since the description is wrong.
Closes PR libc/1691, reported by Geoff Clare <gwc@unisoft.com>.
2000-05-17 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* time/test_time.args: Removed.
* time/Makefile (test_time-ARGS): Added contents here instead.
* posix/tstgetopt.args: Removed.
* posix/Makefile (tstgetopt-ARGS): Added contents here instead.
* Rules: Allow arguments for test files to be specified in
Makefile with testname-ARGS; remove rules with .args in it.
* dirent/Makefile (opendir-tst1-ARGS): Use this for opendir-tst1,
remove old bogus rule for opendir-tst1.args.
* stdlib/test-canon.c: Rewrite to use test-skeleton.c.
* stdlib/Makefile (test-canon-ARGS): New, supply argument to chdir
into objdir. This allows a readonly sourcetree.
Reported by lrgallardo@yahoo.com, closes PR libc/1421.
2000-05-16 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>,
David Huggins-Daines <dhd@linuxcare.com>
* sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.c (_dl_load_cache_lookup): Set
cache_data in case of only new cache format correctly.
* sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.c (_dl_load_cache_lookup): Align struct
cache_file_new.
* sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h (ALIGN_CACHE): New macro to align
struct cache_file_new.
* elf/cache.c (save_cache): Fix str_offset if only new cache is
present.
* elf/cache.c (save_cache): Align struct new_file_cache.
(print_cache): Likewise.
2000-03-01 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* time/Makefile (tst-getdate-ENV): New flag to pass DATEMSK.
(tests): Added tst-getdate.
* time/tst-getdate.c: New file.
* time/datemsk: New file, needed for tst-getdate.
2000-03-01 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* time/getdate.c (check_mday): Fix check for february.
Reported by ane@np.bs1.fc.nec.co.jp and Akira YOSHIYAMA
<yosshy@cts.ne.jp>, closes PR libc/1617 and PR libc/1619.
2000-01-07 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
Add support for Berkeley db 3.0.x and merge db support:
* nss/nss_db/dummy-db.h (struct db30): New.
(struct dbc30): New.
Added DB30* flags.
* nss/makedb.c: Move all database routines to db-open.c.
(main): Adjust to interface changes.
Load database early to initialize version dependend variables.
* nss/db-open.c: Merge database routines from makedb.c.
Define version dependend constansts as variables.
(load_db): Check also for db 3.
(internal_setent): Call dbopen.
(db_cursor): New function from makedb; handles db 3 now.
(dbopen): New function from makedb; handles db 3.
* nss/nss_db/db-XXX.c: Use db_notfound since the value is
different in different DB versions.
* nss/nss_db/nss_db.h: Add version dependend constants as
variables, add exportet interfaces from db-open.c.
* nss/Makefile ($(objpfx)makedb): Link against db-open.
2000-01-07 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* misc/error.c: Don't use `defined _LIBC', only `_LIBC'.
Reported by Jim Meyering.
* time/strftime.c: Pretty printing.
2000-01-07 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* manual/socket.texi (Host Names): Fix example.
Reported by Marco Budde <budde@telos.de>.
2000-01-03 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* include/resolv.h: Remove declarations for __ns_name_ntop and
__ns_name_unpack since those are available in resolv/arpa/nameser.h.
2000-01-03 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* time/tst-strptime.c (test_tm): Add tests for all fields of
struct tm.
2000-01-03 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* string/bits/string2.h (__strsep_g): Don't handle empty __S special.
2000-01-03 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* string/tester.c (test_strsep): Add one more test.
2000-01-03 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
* string/tester.c (test_mempcpy): New function.
(main): Call it.
(test_memcpy): Test unaligned cases too.
* sysdeps/arm/bits/string.h (_HAVE_STRING_ARCH_mempcpy): Define.
* sysdeps/arm/fpu/bits/mathdef.h: New file.
* nss/Makefile: Add rules to build makedb.
* locale/programs/ld-ctype.c (ctype_output): Correct computation of
nelems. Correctly compute index for additional character classes.
(ctype_read): Handle charclass and charconv definitions. Also
recognize arbitrary strings as mapping names.
* locale/programs/ld-time.c (time_finish): Correctly skip over wide
character era strings.
* locale/lc-time.c (_nl_get_era_entry): Correctly skip era name
and format for wide characters.
* time/strftime.c: Correctly determine era information for wide
wcsftime.
* wctrans.c: Fix after removal of second endianess table.
* wctype/wctype.h (_ISwbit): Correctly handle bits > 16.
Patches by Shinya Hanataka <hanataka@abyss.rim.or.jp>.
* wcsmbs/wcwidth.h (internal_wcwidth): Reject non-printable characters.
1999-11-08 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* locale/findlocale.c (_nl_find_locale): Free normalized_codeset;
this fixes a memory leak (closes PR libc/1435).
* intl/l10nflist.c (_nl_normalize_codeset): Update comment to
reflect memory allocation.
* intl/loadinfo.h: Comment _nl_normalize_codeset, comment memory
allocation in _nl_explode_name.
1999-11-06 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* time/tzset.c: Use __libc_lock_define_initialized for tzset_lock
to initialize it.
Reported by wes@surety.com, closes PR libc/1432.
1999-11-05 Geoff Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/bits/fenv.h: Don't put commas at the end of
enumerator lists (-pedantic complains).
(feraiseexcept): Use i#*X as the constraint. Fix a bug in the
test for 'one bit set'.
(feclearexcept): Likewise.
1999-07-25 Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz>
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile: -mv8 is deprecated, use
-mcpu=v8.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile: Likewise.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/Makefile: Make %g7 register available for
libc's private use (as assembly routine clobber it anyway).
1999-07-26 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
* README.template (configurations): The crypt add-on has a new
ftp site.
* manual/install.texi (Installation): Likewise.
1999-07-14 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* time/strptime.c (get_number): Handle number parsing more
consistent with strftime. Only parse a given number of digits.
(get_alt_number): Fix implementation. Was broken.
(strptime_internal): Add third parameter to get_number and
get_alt_number calls.
1999-07-01 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
* time/strptime.c (strptime): Initialize the tm struct first to avoid
returning bogus results on incomplete data.
(strptime_internal): day_of_the_week() requres bith tm_mon and
tm_mday to be initializaed.
Computer them first if they are not given.
(strptime_internal): (have_mon, have_mday): New variables.
transitions but no DST.
1999-03-20 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Handle the case where there are
transitions but no DST.
* time/strptime.c (strptime_internal, case 's'): Initialize secs
to zero. Patch by Bruce Elliott <bde@nwlink.com>.
1999-01-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* elf/Makefile (extra-objs): Add test modules objects.
1999-01-27 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* time/strptime.c (strptime_internal): Set tm_wday and tm_yday in
any of tm_year, tm_mon, or tm_mday was changed and the value
itself wasn't specified.
1998-12-10 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* inet/getnetgrent_r.c (innetgr): Check host and domain name with
strcasecmp, not strcmp. [PR libc/894].
1998-12-08 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
* posix/regex.h: Declare re_comp, re_exec if compiling for libc to
get prototypes.
* wctype/wctype.h: Add prototypes for __iswblank_l and iswblank.
1998-12-08 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/gethostid.c: Include <netdb.h> to get
prototype for __gethostbyname_r.
* include/time.h: Add declarations of internal interfaces.
* time/tzset.c: Remove declarations of internal interfaces.
* time/gmtime.c: Likewise.
* time/localtime.c: Likewise.
* time/offtime.c: Likewise.
* time/tzfile.c: Likewise.
1998-11-25 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* version.h (VERSION): Bump to 2.0.104.
1998-11-25 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>
* libio/bits/stdio.h (fread_unlocked): Add missing parentheses
around parameter n.
1998-11-24 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Fix comment.
1998-11-24 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* Makerules (build-shlib): Pass -O1 down to linker to get
optimized shared libraries.
1998-11-24 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* Makeconfig ($(common-objpfx)sysd-dirs): Cope with no Subdirs
file. Strip "-" from inhibited subdir name. Combine into a
single awk program.
($(common-objpfx)sysd-sorted): Fix sed command.
* sysdeps/unix/bsd/poll.c (__poll): Add code to extend sets if any
passed file descriptor exceeds the size determined by
getdtablesize.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cmsg_nxthdr.c (__cmsg_nxthdr): Update
from inline version in bits/socket.h.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/socket.h: Define __cmsg_nxthdr as
inline function only is __USE_EXTERN_INLINES is defined.
* time/strftime.c (my_strftime): Make code a bit clearer.
Patch by Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>.
by removing SIG_IGN handler for SIGCHLD if necessary.
1998-11-16 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/unix/opendir.c: Use o_directory_works differently. Treat
zero value as uninitialized so that variable can go into .bss.
* dirent/opendir-tst1.c: Print error strings to stdout.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mmap64.c: New file. Empty.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add mmap with mmap64 alias.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/mmap.S: Add mmap64 alias.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/mmap.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/mmap.S: Likewise.
1998-11-16 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Check that types[i].isdst is in
range.
1998-11-16 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* libio/bits/stdio.h (fread_unlocked): Do handle zero size and number.
(fwrite_unlocked): Likewise.
1998-11-16 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* libio/bits/stdio.h (fread_unlocked): Don't evaluate non-constant
twice. Don't bother handling zero size.
(frwite_unlocked): Likewise.
1998-11-15 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* configure.in: Fix regex for makeinfo version string.
1998-11-15 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* sunrpc/rpc_sample.c (write_sample_server): Avoid -Wparentheses
warning.
* sunrpc/rpc_svcout.c (write_program): Likewise.
1998-11-15 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* time/Makefile (CFLAGS-test_time.c): Add -Wno-format.
1998-11-16 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com
* misc/sys/mman.h: Pretty print prototypes.
1998-11-15 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com
* misc/error.c (error): Don't use result of strerror_r call directly
since at least DEC Unix has a wrong return type.
Patch by Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>.
1998-11-16 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
1998-11-13 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* libio/bits/stdio.h: Correct and improve fread_unlocked and
fwrite_unlocked optimizations.
* time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Set __tzname based on last names
in time not to last entries in the file.
(__tzfile_compute): Likewise. Fix for PR libc/863.
* timezone/Makefile: Generate GB timezone data for test.
* timezone/tst-timezone.c: More tests for DST switching time (disabled
for now).
1998-11-13 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* sysdeps/gnu/bits/utmp.h: Rename pad member of struct utmp to
1998-11-05 1998 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* libio/iofgets.c (_IO_fgets): Don't report error
if something was read in and errno is set to
EAGAIN.
* libio/iofgets_u.c (fgets_unlocked): Likewise.
1998-11-05 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_packet.h: Don't include kernel
header; it defines too much. Provide a local definition of struct
sockaddr_pkt and a comment advising against its use.
1998-11-06 1998 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* extra-lib.mk: Avoid empty include list.
1998-11-04 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
* extra-lib.mk: Add support for $(lib)-shared-only-routines.
* elf/Makefile (libdl-routines): Add dlopenold only if doing
versioning.
(libdl-shared-only-routines): New variable.
1998-11-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
Don't invoke localtime_r or gmtime_r unless it's the GNU C
library's localtime_r and gmtime_r; there are too many buggy
implementations of localtime_r and gmtime_r out there, and
it's not worth keeping track of all the different bugs.
* time/mktime.c (__EXTENSIONS__): Remove.
(<unistd.h>): No need to include.
* time/strftime.c: Likewise.
* time/mktime.c (_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS, HAVE_LOCALTIME_R):
Remove.
(my_mktime_localtime_r): Renamed from localtime_r; all uses changed.
Base it on localtime unless _LIBC.
* time/strftime.c (my_strftime_gmtime_r): Renamed from gmtime_r;
all uses changed.
(my_strftime_localtime_r): Renamed from localtime_r; all uses changed.
Base them on localtime/gmtime if not _LIBC.
1998-11-07 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/generic/isastream.c: Always return 0 unless it is an invalid
file descriptor. This makes this function actually usable.
Proposed by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>.
