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1997-01-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * mktime.c (mktime): Invoke __tzset, not __tzset_internal, to set tz, so that tzname is set as POSIX requires. Fri Jan 24 02:49:18 1997 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * dirent/dirent.h: Declare readdir_r also when __USE_POSIX. * grp/grp.h: Declare *_r functions also when __USE_POSIX. * pwd/pwd.h: Likewise. * time/time.h: Likewise. * posix/unistd.h: Declare ttyname_r also when __USE_POSIX. * string/string.h: Declare strtok_r also when __USE_POSIX. * stdio-common/bug7.c: Use tmpnam to generate names for test files. * stdio-common/tmpnam.c: Update copyright. * stdio-common/tmpnam_r.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sys/kernel_termios.h: Protect against multiple inclusion. Include <termbits.h>. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/kernel_termios.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if.h: Update according to recent kernel headers. Patch by Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>. Thu Jan 23 17:42:00 1997 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/clone.S: Correct author attribution. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_arp (MAX_ADDR_LEN): Add definition. Thu Jan 23 14:20:34 1997 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Don't allow arbitrary files to be read when running a setuid program.
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Open jobs for finishing GNU libc:
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Status: January 1997
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If you have time and talent to take over any of the jobs below please
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contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[ 1] Port to new platforms or test current version on formerly supported
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platforms.
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**** See http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/porting.html for more details.
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[ 2] Test compliance with standards. If you have access to recent
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standards (IEEE, ISO, ANSI, X/Open, ...) and/or test suites you
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could do some checks as the goal is to be compliant with all
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standards if they do not contradict each other.
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[ 3] Write translations for the GNU libc message for the so far
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unsupported languages. GNU libc is fully internationalized and
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users can immediately benefit from this.
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Take a look at the matrix in
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ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ABOUT-NLS
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for the current status (of course better use a mirror of prep).
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[ 4] Write wordexp() function; this is described in POSIX.2, the
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header <wordexp.h> already exists.
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Implementation idea: use some functions from bash.
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**** Somebody is working on this. Help may or may not be appreciated.
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[ 5] Write `long double' versions of the math functions. This should be
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done in collaboration with the NetBSD and FreeBSD people.
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The libm is in fact fdlibm (not the same as in Linux libc).
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**** Partly done. But we need someone with numerical experiences for
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the rest.
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[ 6] If you enjoy assembler programming (as I do --drepper :-) you might
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be interested in writing optimized versions for some functions.
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Especially the string handling functions can be optimized a lot.
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Take a look at
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Faster String Functions
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Henry Spencer, University of Toronto
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Usenix Winter '92, pp. 419--428
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or just ask. Currently mostly i?86 and Alpha optimized versions
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exist. Please ask before working on this to avoid duplicate
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work.
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[ 7] Write nftw() function. Perhaps it might be good to reimplement the
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ftw() function as well to share most of the code.
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**** Almost done!
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[ 8] Write AVL-tree based tsearch() et.al. functions. Currently only
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a very simple algorithm is used.
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There is a public domain version but using this would cause problems
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with the assignment.
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[ 9] Extend regex and/or rx to work with wide characters and complete
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implementation of character class and collation class handling.
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It is planed to do a complete rewrite.
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[10] Write access function for netmasks, bootparams, and automount
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databases for nss_files and nss_db module.
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The functions should be embedded in the nss scheme. This is not
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hard and not all services must be supported at once.
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[11] Rewrite utmp/wtmp functions to use database functions. This is much
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better than the normal flat file format.
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**** There are plans for a new approach to this problem. Please contact
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bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu before starting to work.)
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[12] Several more or less small functions have to be written:
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+ tcgetid() and waitid() from XPG4.2
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+ grantpt(), ptsname(), unlockpt() from XPG4.2
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+ getdate() from XPG4.2
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+ fmtmsg() from SVID
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More information are available on request.
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