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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[6a82dd9] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-glibc" role="wrap">
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[6a82dd9] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?>
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| 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>glibc</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&glibc-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&glibc-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[6a82dd9] | 17 | <title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides
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| 27 | the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and
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| 28 | closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching,
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| 29 | arithmetic, and so on.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <segmentedlist>
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| 32 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 33 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 36 | <seg>&glibc-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 37 | <seg>&glibc-ch6-du;</seg>
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[6a82dd9] | 38 | </seglistitem>
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| 39 | </segmentedlist>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | </sect2>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 44 | <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <note>
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| 47 | <para>Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in
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| 48 | order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's
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| 49 | home page (<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says
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| 50 | <quote>This library provides an <function>iconv()</function>
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| 51 | implementation, for use on systems which don't have one, or whose
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| 52 | implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.</quote> Glibc provides
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| 53 | an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can convert from/to
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| 54 | Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS system.</para>
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| 55 | </note>
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| 56 |
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[f8756ab] | 57 | <para>First fix a minor problem when installing the tzselect script:</para>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/\\$$(pwd)/`pwd`/' timezone/Makefile</userinput></screen>
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| 60 |
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[eea4055] | 61 | <para>Some of the Glibc programs use non-FHS compilant
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[f8756ab] | 62 | <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store
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| 63 | their runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs
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[eea4055] | 64 | store their runtime data in the FHS-compliant locations:</para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-fhs-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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[e2c4848] | 68 | <para>The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install
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| 69 | perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still
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| 70 | pointing at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs
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| 71 | and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the
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| 72 | Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal
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| 73 | of achieving a clean build.</para>
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| 74 |
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[6a82dd9] | 75 | <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
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| 76 | directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 77 |
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[0445a3d] | 78 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v ../glibc-build
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[73aedd1d] | 79 | cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
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[c906b7e] | 80 |
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[6a82dd9] | 81 | <para>Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 82 |
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[e2c4848] | 83 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure \
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[58c8823] | 84 | --prefix=/usr \
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| 85 | --disable-profile \
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| 86 | --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
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[f8756ab] | 87 | --enable-obsolete-rpc</userinput></screen>
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[b1a51ac1] | 88 |
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[6a82dd9] | 89 | <variablelist>
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| 90 | <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
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| 91 |
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[f8756ab] | 92 | <varlistentry>
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| 93 | <term><parameter>--enable-obsolete-rpc</parameter></term>
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| 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>Installs NIS and RPC related headers that are not installed by
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| 96 | default; these are required to rebuild Glibc and by several BLFS
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| 97 | packages.</para>
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| 98 | </listitem>
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| 99 | </varlistentry>
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| 100 |
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[6a82dd9] | 101 | </variablelist>
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[81fd230] | 102 |
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[6a82dd9] | 103 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 104 |
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[0445a3d] | 105 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 106 |
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[6a82dd9] | 107 | <important>
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| 108 | <para>In this section, the test suite for Glibc is considered critical.
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| 109 | Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para>
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| 110 | </important>
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[81fd230] | 111 |
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[d9c836bb] | 112 | <para>Generally a few tests do not pass, but you can generally ignore
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| 113 | any of the test failures listed below. Now test the build results:</para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log
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[03e9011] | 116 | grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen>
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[2e02c35] | 117 |
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[a0ec869] | 118 | <para>You will probably see an expected (ignored) failure in the
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[d9c836bb] | 119 | <emphasis>posix/annexc</emphasis> and
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| 120 | <emphasis>conform/run-conformtest</emphasis> tests. In addition the Glibc
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| 121 | test suite is somewhat dependent on the host system. This is a list of the
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| 122 | most common issues:</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 123 |
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| 124 | <itemizedlist>
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[a55c9ad] | 125 |
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[d9c836bb] | 126 | <listitem>
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[a55c9ad] | 127 | <para>The <emphasis>nptl/tst-clock2</emphasis>,
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[ce5ebe1] | 128 | <emphasis>nptl/tst-attr3</emphasis>,
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| 129 | <emphasis>tst/tst-cputimer1</emphasis>, and
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[a55c9ad] | 130 | <emphasis>rt/tst-cpuclock2</emphasis>
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| 131 | tests have been known to fail. The
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| 132 | reason is not completely understood, but indications are that minor
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| 133 | timing issues can trigger these failures.</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 134 | </listitem>
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[d9c836bb] | 135 |
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[6a82dd9] | 136 | <listitem>
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[a0ec869] | 137 | <para>The math tests sometimes fail when running on
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| 138 | systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or
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| 139 | authentic AMD processor.</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 140 | </listitem>
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[ce5ebe1] | 141 |
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[6a82dd9] | 142 | <listitem>
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[a0ec869] | 143 | <para>When running on older and slower hardware or on systems under
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[1d20dae] | 144 | load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.
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[ce5ebe1] | 145 | Modifying the make check command to set a TIMEOUTFACTOR is reported to
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[fbd81b7] | 146 | help eliminate these errors (e.g. <command>TIMEOUTFACTOR=16
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[1d20dae] | 147 | make -k check</command>).</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 148 | </listitem>
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[ce5ebe1] | 149 |
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[a3af16f] | 150 | <listitem>
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| 151 | <para>posix/tst-getaddrinfo4 will always fail due to not having a network
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| 152 | connection when the test is run.</para>
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| 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 |
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[3e2ac00] | 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>libio/tst-ftell-partial-wide.out fails because it needs a locale
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| 157 | that has not yet been generated.</para>
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| 158 | </listitem>
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| 159 |
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[ee321a46] | 160 | <listitem>
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[ce5ebe1] | 161 | <para>Other tests known to fail on some architectures are posix/bug-regex32,
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[3e2ac00] | 162 | misc/tst-writev, elf/check-textrel, nptl/tst-getpid2, nptl/tst-robust8,
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| 163 | and stdio-common/bug22.</para>
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[ee321a46] | 164 | </listitem>
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[ce5ebe1] | 165 |
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[6a82dd9] | 166 | </itemizedlist>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will
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| 169 | complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.
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| 170 | Prevent this warning with:</para>
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[1caa48e] | 171 |
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[0445a3d] | 172 | <screen><userinput remap="install">touch /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
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[1caa48e] | 173 |
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[6a82dd9] | 174 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 175 |
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[0445a3d] | 176 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 177 |
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[eea4055] | 178 | <para>Install the configuration file and runtime directory for
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| 179 | <command>nscd</command>:</para>
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| 180 |
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[099fa3db] | 181 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v ../glibc-&glibc-version;/nscd/nscd.conf /etc/nscd.conf
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[0a56911] | 182 | mkdir -pv /var/cache/nscd</userinput></screen>
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[eea4055] | 183 |
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[5efe553] | 184 | <para>Install the systemd support files for <command>nscd</command>:</para>
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[f8756ab] | 185 |
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[58c8823] | 186 | <screen><userinput remap="install">install -v -Dm644 ../glibc-&glibc-version;/nscd/nscd.tmpfiles /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nscd.conf
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[f8756ab] | 187 | install -v -Dm644 ../glibc-&glibc-version;/nscd/nscd.service /lib/systemd/system/nscd.service</userinput></screen>
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| 188 |
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[6a82dd9] | 189 | <para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different language
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| 190 | were not installed by the above command. None of the locales are required,
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[0ebe029b] | 191 | but if some of them are missing, test suites of the future packages would
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[6a82dd9] | 192 | skip important testcases.</para>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <para>Individual locales can be installed using the
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| 195 | <command>localedef</command> program. E.g., the first
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| 196 | <command>localedef</command> command below combines the
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[fffccab] | 197 | <filename>/usr/share/i18n/locales/cs_CZ</filename>
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[6a82dd9] | 198 | charset-independent locale definition with the
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[fffccab] | 199 | <filename>/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/UTF-8.gz</filename>
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[6a82dd9] | 200 | charmap definition and appends the result to the
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| 201 | <filename>/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive</filename> file.
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| 202 | The following instructions will install the minimum set of
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| 203 | locales necessary for the optimal coverage of tests:</para>
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[3f0c882] | 204 |
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[0445a3d] | 205 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput remap="locale-test">mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
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[1e77f0c] | 206 | localedef -i cs_CZ -f UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8
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[73aedd1d] | 207 | localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
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| 208 | localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro
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[1e77f0c] | 209 | localedef -i de_DE -f UTF-8 de_DE.UTF-8
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[e9aabce] | 210 | localedef -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
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[73aedd1d] | 211 | localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK
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| 212 | localedef -i en_PH -f ISO-8859-1 en_PH
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| 213 | localedef -i en_US -f ISO-8859-1 en_US
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[3a35b11] | 214 | localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
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[73aedd1d] | 215 | localedef -i es_MX -f ISO-8859-1 es_MX
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[673b0d8] | 216 | localedef -i fa_IR -f UTF-8 fa_IR
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[73aedd1d] | 217 | localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR
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| 218 | localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro
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[d93d1c90] | 219 | localedef -i fr_FR -f UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8
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[73aedd1d] | 220 | localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
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[5b36d32] | 221 | localedef -i it_IT -f UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8
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[1e77f0c] | 222 | localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP
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[5b36d32] | 223 | localedef -i ru_RU -f KOI8-R ru_RU.KOI8-R
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| 224 | localedef -i ru_RU -f UTF-8 ru_RU.UTF-8
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[fffccab] | 225 | localedef -i tr_TR -f UTF-8 tr_TR.UTF-8
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[8399b37] | 226 | localedef -i zh_CN -f GB18030 zh_CN.GB18030</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 227 |
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[6a82dd9] | 228 | <para>In addition, install the locale for your own country, language and
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| 229 | character set.</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 230 |
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[6a82dd9] | 231 | <para>Alternatively, install all locales listed in the
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| 232 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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| 233 | (it includes every locale listed above and many more) at once with the
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| 234 | following time-consuming command:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 235 |
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[0445a3d] | 236 | <screen><userinput remap="locale-full">make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 237 |
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[6a82dd9] | 238 | <para>Then use the <command>localedef</command> command to create and
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| 239 | install locales not listed in the
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| 240 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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[5a25e0a] | 241 | in the unlikely case you need them.</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 242 |
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| 243 | </sect2>
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[94aa6621] | 244 |
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[6a82dd9] | 245 | <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration">
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| 246 | <title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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[5888299] | 247 |
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[6a82dd9] | 248 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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[81fd230] | 251 |
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[6a82dd9] | 252 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 253 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary>
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| 254 | </indexterm>
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[342b176] | 255 |
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[6a82dd9] | 256 | <para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created
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| 257 | because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt,
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| 258 | the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. The time zone
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| 259 | also needs to be configured.</para>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the
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| 262 | following:</para>
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[342b176] | 263 |
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[bb55064] | 264 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF"
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[d72e04a] | 265 | <literal># Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
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[342b176] | 266 |
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| 267 | passwd: files
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| 268 | group: files
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| 269 | shadow: files
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| 270 |
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[b2b9fd6] | 271 | hosts: files dns myhostname
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[342b176] | 272 | networks: files
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| 273 |
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[4a80bec] | 274 | protocols: files
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| 275 | services: files
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| 276 | ethers: files
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| 277 | rpc: files
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[342b176] | 278 |
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[d72e04a] | 279 | # End /etc/nsswitch.conf</literal>
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[bb55064] | 280 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 281 |
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[f1c177f] | 282 | <para>Install timezone data:</para>
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| 283 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz
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| 284 |
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[ea31e92] | 285 | ZONEINFO=/usr/share/zoneinfo
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[ce5ebe1] | 286 | mkdir -pv $ZONEINFO/{posix,right}
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[ea31e92] | 287 |
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| 288 | for tz in etcetera southamerica northamerica europe africa antarctica \
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[2007770] | 289 | asia australasia backward pacificnew systemv; do
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[ce5ebe1] | 290 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz}
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| 291 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO/posix -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz}
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[ea31e92] | 292 | zic -L leapseconds -d $ZONEINFO/right -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz}
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[287a36b4] | 293 | done
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[f0f7ea0] | 294 |
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[ea31e92] | 295 | cp -v zone.tab iso3166.tab $ZONEINFO
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| 296 | zic -d $ZONEINFO -p America/New_York
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| 297 | unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
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[f1c177f] | 298 |
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[7a6bcf9] | 299 | <variablelist>
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| 300 | <title>The meaning of the zic commands:</title>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <varlistentry>
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| 303 | <term><parameter>zic -L /dev/null ...</parameter></term>
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| 304 | <listitem>
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| 305 | <para>This creates posix timezones, without any leap seconds. It is
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| 306 | conventional to put these in both
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| 307 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename> and
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| 308 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is
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| 309 | necessary to put the POSIX timezones in
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| 310 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various
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| 311 | test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is
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| 312 | tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save
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| 313 | 1.9MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename>
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| 314 | directory, but some applications or test-suites might give less good
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| 315 | results</para>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 | <varlistentry>
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| 319 | <term><parameter>zic -L leapseconds ...</parameter></term>
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| 320 | <listitem>
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| 321 | <para>This creates right timezones, including leap seconds. On an
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| 322 | embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to
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| 323 | ever update the timezones, or care about the correct time, you could
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| 324 | save 1.9MB by omitting the <filename class="directory">right</filename>
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| 325 | directory.</para>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 | </varlistentry>
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| 328 | <varlistentry>
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| 329 | <term><parameter>zic ... -p ...</parameter></term>
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| 330 | <listitem>
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[d7f2eb0] | 331 | <para>This creates the <filename>posixrules</filename> file. We use
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[cb02946] | 332 | New York because POSIX requires the daylight savings time rules
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[e7134f1] | 333 | to be in accordance with US rules.</para>
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[7a6bcf9] | 334 | </listitem>
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| 335 | </varlistentry>
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| 336 | </variablelist>
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| 337 |
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <para>One way to determine the local time zone is to run the following
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[e1060de] | 340 | script:</para>
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[342b176] | 341 |
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[be4be92] | 342 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 343 |
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[6a82dd9] | 344 | <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will
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[e1060de] | 345 | output the name of the time zone (e.g.,
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| 346 | <emphasis>America/Edmonton</emphasis>). There are also some other possible
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| 347 | timezones listed in <filename
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| 348 | class='directory'>/usr/share/zoneinfo</filename> such as
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| 349 | <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis> or <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> that
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| 350 | are not identified by the script but can be used.</para>
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| 351 |
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| 352 | <para>Then create the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by
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| 353 | running:</para>
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[342b176] | 354 |
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[e2c4848] | 355 | <screen><userinput>ln -sfv /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable> /etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 356 |
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[e1060de] | 357 | <para>Replace <replaceable><xxx></replaceable> with the name of the
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| 358 | time zone selected (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 359 |
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| 360 | </sect2>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration">
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| 363 | <title>Configuring the Dynamic Loader</title>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | <indexterm zone="conf-ld">
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| 366 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary>
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| 367 | </indexterm>
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| 368 |
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| 369 | <para>By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
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| 370 | class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through
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| 371 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
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| 372 | class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are
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| 373 | needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in
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| 374 | directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
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| 375 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be added
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| 376 | to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order for the
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| 377 | dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly known
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| 378 | to contain additional libraries are <filename
|
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| 379 | class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename
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| 380 | class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the
|
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| 381 | dynamic loader's search path.</para>
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| 382 |
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| 383 | <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
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| 384 | following:</para>
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[342b176] | 385 |
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[bb55064] | 386 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
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[d72e04a] | 387 | <literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
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[342b176] | 388 | /usr/local/lib
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| 389 | /opt/lib
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[50f648b] | 390 | </literal>
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[bb55064] | 391 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 392 |
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[50f648b] | 393 | <para>If desired, the dynamic loader can also search a directory and
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[ce5ebe1] | 394 | include the contents of files found there. Generally the files in
|
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[50f648b] | 395 | this include directory are one line specifying the desired library path.
|
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| 396 | To add this capability run the following commands:</para>
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| 397 |
|
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| 398 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
|
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| 399 | <literal># Add an include directory
|
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| 400 | include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
|
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| 401 | </literal>
|
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| 402 | EOF
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[0a56911] | 403 | mkdir -pv /etc/ld.so.conf.d</userinput></screen>
|
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[50f648b] | 404 |
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[6a82dd9] | 405 | </sect2>
|
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| 406 |
|
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| 407 | <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content">
|
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| 408 | <title>Contents of Glibc</title>
|
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| 409 |
|
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| 410 | <segmentedlist>
|
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| 411 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
|
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| 412 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
|
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[fe05b08] | 413 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 414 |
|
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| 415 | <seglistitem>
|
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| 416 | <seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig,
|
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[ca101ad] | 417 | ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, makedb, mtrace, nscd, pcprofiledump,
|
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[a3af16f] | 418 | pldd, rpcgen, sln, sotruss, sprof, tzselect, xtrace,
|
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[6a82dd9] | 419 | zdump, and zic</seg>
|
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[61ce0b1] | 420 | <seg>ld-&glibc-version;.so, libBrokenLocale.{a,so}, libSegFault.so, libanl.{a,so},
|
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[f8756ab] | 421 | libc.{a,so}, libc_nonshared.a, libcidn.so,
|
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[90aae6b] | 422 | libcrypt.{a,so}, libdl.{a,so}, libg.a, libieee.a, libm.{a,so},
|
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| 423 | libmcheck.a, libmemusage.so, libnsl.{a,so}, libnss_compat.so,
|
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| 424 | libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so, libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so,
|
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| 425 | libnss_nisplus.so, libpcprofile.so, libpthread.{a,so},
|
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| 426 | libpthread_nonshared.a, libresolv.{a,so}, librpcsvc.a, librt.{a,so},
|
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[2791a8e] | 427 | libthread_db.so, and libutil.{a,so}</seg>
|
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[fe05b08] | 428 | <seg>/usr/include/arpa, /usr/include/bits, /usr/include/gnu,
|
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| 429 | /usr/include/net, /usr/include/netash, /usr/include/netatalk,
|
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| 430 | /usr/include/netax25, /usr/include/neteconet, /usr/include/netinet,
|
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| 431 | /usr/include/netipx, /usr/include/netiucv, /usr/include/netpacket,
|
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| 432 | /usr/include/netrom, /usr/include/netrose, /usr/include/nfs,
|
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| 433 | /usr/include/protocols, /usr/include/rpc, /usr/include/rpcsvc,
|
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[e2c4848] | 434 | /usr/include/sys, /usr/lib/audit, /usr/lib/gconv, /usr/lib/locale,
|
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| 435 | /usr/libexec/getconf, /usr/share/i18n, /usr/share/zoneinfo,
|
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| 436 | /var/cache/nscd, and /var/lib/nss_db</seg>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 437 | </seglistitem>
|
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| 438 | </segmentedlist>
|
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| 439 |
|
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| 440 | <variablelist>
|
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| 441 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
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| 442 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
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| 443 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
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| 444 |
|
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| 445 | <varlistentry id="catchsegv">
|
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| 446 | <term><command>catchsegv</command></term>
|
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| 447 | <listitem>
|
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| 448 | <para>Can be used to create a stack trace when a program
|
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| 449 | terminates with a segmentation fault</para>
|
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| 450 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv">
|
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| 451 | <primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary>
|
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| 452 | </indexterm>
|
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| 453 | </listitem>
|
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| 454 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 455 |
|
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| 456 | <varlistentry id="gencat">
|
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| 457 | <term><command>gencat</command></term>
|
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| 458 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 459 | <para>Generates message catalogues</para>
|
---|
| 460 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat">
|
---|
| 461 | <primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary>
|
---|
| 462 | </indexterm>
|
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| 463 | </listitem>
|
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| 464 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 465 |
|
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| 466 | <varlistentry id="getconf">
|
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| 467 | <term><command>getconf</command></term>
|
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| 468 | <listitem>
|
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| 469 | <para>Displays the system configuration values for file system
|
---|
| 470 | specific variables</para>
|
---|
| 471 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf">
|
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| 472 | <primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary>
|
---|
| 473 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 474 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 475 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 476 |
|
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| 477 | <varlistentry id="getent">
|
---|
| 478 | <term><command>getent</command></term>
|
---|
| 479 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 480 | <para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para>
|
---|
| 481 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent">
|
---|
| 482 | <primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary>
|
---|
| 483 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 484 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 485 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 486 |
|
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| 487 | <varlistentry id="iconv">
|
---|
| 488 | <term><command>iconv</command></term>
|
---|
| 489 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 490 | <para>Performs character set conversion</para>
|
---|
| 491 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv">
|
---|
| 492 | <primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary>
|
---|
| 493 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 494 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 495 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 496 |
|
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| 497 | <varlistentry id="iconvconfig">
|
---|
| 498 | <term><command>iconvconfig</command></term>
|
---|
| 499 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 500 | <para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration
|
---|
| 501 | files</para>
|
---|
| 502 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig">
|
---|
| 503 | <primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary>
|
---|
| 504 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 505 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 506 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 507 |
|
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| 508 | <varlistentry id="ldconfig">
|
---|
| 509 | <term><command>ldconfig</command></term>
|
---|
| 510 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 511 | <para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para>
|
---|
| 512 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig">
|
---|
| 513 | <primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary>
|
---|
| 514 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 515 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 516 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 517 |
|
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| 518 | <varlistentry id="ldd">
|
---|
| 519 | <term><command>ldd</command></term>
|
---|
| 520 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 521 | <para>Reports which shared libraries are required
|
---|
| 522 | by each given program or shared library</para>
|
---|
| 523 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd">
|
---|
| 524 | <primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary>
|
---|
| 525 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 526 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 527 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 528 |
|
---|
| 529 | <varlistentry id="lddlibc4">
|
---|
| 530 | <term><command>lddlibc4</command></term>
|
---|
| 531 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 532 | <para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para>
|
---|
| 533 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4">
|
---|
| 534 | <primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary>
|
---|
| 535 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 536 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 537 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 538 |
|
---|
| 539 | <varlistentry id="locale">
|
---|
| 540 | <term><command>locale</command></term>
|
---|
| 541 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 542 | <para>Prints various information about the current locale</para>
|
---|
| 543 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale">
|
---|
| 544 | <primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary>
|
---|
| 545 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 546 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 547 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 548 |
|
---|
| 549 | <varlistentry id="localedef">
|
---|
| 550 | <term><command>localedef</command></term>
|
---|
| 551 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 552 | <para>Compiles locale specifications</para>
|
---|
| 553 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef">
|
---|
| 554 | <primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary>
|
---|
| 555 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 556 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 557 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 558 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 559 | <varlistentry id="makedb">
|
---|
| 560 | <term><command>makedb</command></term>
|
---|
| 561 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 562 | <para>Creates a simple database from textual input</para>
|
---|
| 563 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc makedb">
|
---|
| 564 | <primary sortas="b-makedb">makedb</primary>
|
---|
| 565 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 566 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 567 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 568 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 569 | <varlistentry id="mtrace">
|
---|
| 570 | <term><command>mtrace</command></term>
|
---|
| 571 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 572 | <para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and displays a summary
|
---|
| 573 | in human-readable format</para>
|
---|
| 574 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace">
|
---|
| 575 | <primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary>
|
---|
| 576 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 577 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 578 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 579 |
|
---|
| 580 | <varlistentry id="nscd">
|
---|
| 581 | <term><command>nscd</command></term>
|
---|
| 582 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 583 | <para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
|
---|
| 584 | service requests</para>
|
---|
| 585 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd">
|
---|
| 586 | <primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary>
|
---|
| 587 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 588 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 589 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 590 |
|
---|
| 591 | <varlistentry id="pcprofiledump">
|
---|
| 592 | <term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
|
---|
| 593 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 594 | <para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para>
|
---|
| 595 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump">
|
---|
| 596 | <primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary>
|
---|
| 597 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 598 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 599 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 600 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 601 | <varlistentry id="pldd">
|
---|
| 602 | <term><command>pldd</command></term>
|
---|
| 603 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 604 | <para>Lists dynamic shared objects used by running processes</para>
|
---|
| 605 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pldd">
|
---|
| 606 | <primary sortas="b-pldd">pldd</primary>
|
---|
| 607 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 608 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 609 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[a3af16f] | 610 | <!--
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 611 | <varlistentry id="pt_chown">
|
---|
| 612 | <term><command>pt_chown</command></term>
|
---|
| 613 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 614 | <para>A helper program for <command>grantpt</command> to set the owner,
|
---|
| 615 | group and access permissions of a slave pseudo terminal</para>
|
---|
| 616 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pt_chown">
|
---|
| 617 | <primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary>
|
---|
| 618 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 619 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 620 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[a3af16f] | 621 | -->
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 622 | <varlistentry id="rpcgen">
|
---|
| 623 | <term><command>rpcgen</command></term>
|
---|
| 624 | <listitem>
|
---|
[7a8d7c6] | 625 | <para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 626 | protocol</para>
|
---|
| 627 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen">
|
---|
| 628 | <primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary>
|
---|
| 629 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 630 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 631 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 632 |
|
---|
| 633 | <varlistentry id="sln">
|
---|
| 634 | <term><command>sln</command></term>
|
---|
| 635 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 636 | <para>A statically linked <command>ln</command> program</para>
|
---|
| 637 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln">
|
---|
| 638 | <primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary>
|
---|
| 639 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 640 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 641 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 642 |
|
---|
[3119ddc] | 643 | <varlistentry id="sotruss">
|
---|
| 644 | <term><command>sotruss</command></term>
|
---|
| 645 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 646 | <para>Traces shared library procedure calls of a specified command</para>
|
---|
| 647 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sotruss">
|
---|
| 648 | <primary sortas="b-sotruss">sotruss</primary>
|
---|
| 649 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 650 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 651 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 652 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 653 | <varlistentry id="sprof">
|
---|
| 654 | <term><command>sprof</command></term>
|
---|
| 655 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 656 | <para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para>
|
---|
| 657 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof">
|
---|
| 658 | <primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary>
|
---|
| 659 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 660 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 661 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 662 |
|
---|
| 663 | <varlistentry id="tzselect">
|
---|
| 664 | <term><command>tzselect</command></term>
|
---|
| 665 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 666 | <para>Asks the user about the location of the system and reports
|
---|
| 667 | the corresponding time zone description</para>
|
---|
| 668 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect">
|
---|
| 669 | <primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary>
|
---|
| 670 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 671 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 672 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 673 |
|
---|
| 674 | <varlistentry id="xtrace">
|
---|
| 675 | <term><command>xtrace</command></term>
|
---|
| 676 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 677 | <para>Traces the execution of a program by printing the currently
|
---|
| 678 | executed function</para>
|
---|
| 679 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace">
|
---|
| 680 | <primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary>
|
---|
| 681 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 682 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 683 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 684 |
|
---|
| 685 | <varlistentry id="zdump">
|
---|
| 686 | <term><command>zdump</command></term>
|
---|
| 687 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 688 | <para>The time zone dumper</para>
|
---|
| 689 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump">
|
---|
| 690 | <primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary>
|
---|
| 691 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 692 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 693 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 694 |
|
---|
| 695 | <varlistentry id="zic">
|
---|
| 696 | <term><command>zic</command></term>
|
---|
| 697 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 698 | <para>The time zone compiler</para>
|
---|
| 699 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic">
|
---|
| 700 | <primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary>
|
---|
| 701 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 702 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 703 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 704 |
|
---|
| 705 | <varlistentry id="ld.so">
|
---|
[61ce0b1] | 706 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">ld-&glibc-version;.so</filename></term>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 707 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 708 | <para>The helper program for shared library executables</para>
|
---|
| 709 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so">
|
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[61ce0b1] | 710 | <primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld-&glibc-version;.so</primary>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 711 | </indexterm>
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| 712 | </listitem>
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| 713 | </varlistentry>
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| 714 |
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| 715 | <varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale">
|
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| 716 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
|
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| 717 | <listitem>
|
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| 718 | <para>Used internally by Glibc as a gross hack to get broken programs
|
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| 719 | (e.g., some Motif applications) running. See comments in
|
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| 720 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/locale/broken_cur_max.c</filename>
|
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| 721 | for more information</para>
|
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| 722 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale">
|
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| 723 | <primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary>
|
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| 724 | </indexterm>
|
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| 725 | </listitem>
|
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| 726 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 727 |
|
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| 728 | <varlistentry id="libSegFault">
|
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| 729 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term>
|
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| 730 | <listitem>
|
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| 731 | <para>The segmentation fault signal handler, used by
|
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| 732 | <command>catchsegv</command></para>
|
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| 733 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault">
|
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| 734 | <primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary>
|
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| 735 | </indexterm>
|
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| 736 | </listitem>
|
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| 737 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 738 |
|
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| 739 | <varlistentry id="libanl">
|
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| 740 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
|
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| 741 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 742 | <para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para>
|
---|
| 743 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl">
|
---|
| 744 | <primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary>
|
---|
| 745 | </indexterm>
|
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| 746 | </listitem>
|
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| 747 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 748 |
|
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| 749 | <varlistentry id="libc">
|
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| 750 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
|
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| 751 | <listitem>
|
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| 752 | <para>The main C library</para>
|
---|
| 753 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc">
|
---|
| 754 | <primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary>
|
---|
| 755 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 756 | </listitem>
|
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| 757 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 758 |
|
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| 759 | <varlistentry id="libcidn">
|
---|
| 760 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcidn</filename></term>
|
---|
| 761 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 762 | <para>Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain
|
---|
| 763 | names in the <function>getaddrinfo()</function> function</para>
|
---|
[5f7456b] | 764 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcidn">
|
---|
| 765 | <primary sortas="c-libcidn">libcidn</primary>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 766 | </indexterm>
|
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| 767 | </listitem>
|
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| 768 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 769 |
|
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| 770 | <varlistentry id="libcrypt">
|
---|
| 771 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
|
---|
| 772 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 773 | <para>The cryptography library</para>
|
---|
| 774 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt">
|
---|
| 775 | <primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary>
|
---|
| 776 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 777 | </listitem>
|
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| 778 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 779 |
|
---|
| 780 | <varlistentry id="libdl">
|
---|
| 781 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
|
---|
| 782 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 783 | <para>The dynamic linking interface library</para>
|
---|
| 784 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl">
|
---|
| 785 | <primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary>
|
---|
| 786 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 787 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 788 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 789 |
|
---|
| 790 | <varlistentry id="libg">
|
---|
| 791 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
|
---|
| 792 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 793 | <para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was a runtime
|
---|
| 794 | library for <command>g++</command></para>
|
---|
| 795 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg">
|
---|
| 796 | <primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary>
|
---|
| 797 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 798 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 799 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 800 |
|
---|
| 801 | <varlistentry id="libieee">
|
---|
| 802 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term>
|
---|
| 803 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 804 | <para>Linking in this module forces error handling rules for math
|
---|
| 805 | functions as defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
|
---|
| 806 | Engineers (IEEE). The default is POSIX.1 error handling</para>
|
---|
| 807 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee">
|
---|
| 808 | <primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary>
|
---|
| 809 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 810 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 811 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 812 |
|
---|
| 813 | <varlistentry id="libm">
|
---|
| 814 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
|
---|
| 815 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 816 | <para>The mathematical library</para>
|
---|
| 817 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm">
|
---|
| 818 | <primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary>
|
---|
| 819 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 820 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 821 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 822 |
|
---|
| 823 | <varlistentry id="libmcheck">
|
---|
| 824 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
|
---|
| 825 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 826 | <para>Turns on memory allocation checking when linked to</para>
|
---|
| 827 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck">
|
---|
| 828 | <primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary>
|
---|
| 829 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 830 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 831 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 832 |
|
---|
| 833 | <varlistentry id="libmemusage">
|
---|
| 834 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
|
---|
| 835 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 836 | <para>Used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect
|
---|
| 837 | information about the memory usage of a program</para>
|
---|
| 838 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage">
|
---|
| 839 | <primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary>
|
---|
| 840 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 841 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 842 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 843 |
|
---|
| 844 | <varlistentry id="libnsl">
|
---|
| 845 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
|
---|
| 846 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 847 | <para>The network services library</para>
|
---|
| 848 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl">
|
---|
| 849 | <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary>
|
---|
| 850 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 851 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 852 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 853 |
|
---|
| 854 | <varlistentry id="libnss">
|
---|
| 855 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term>
|
---|
| 856 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 857 | <para>The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for
|
---|
| 858 | resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services,
|
---|
| 859 | protocols, etc.</para>
|
---|
| 860 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss">
|
---|
| 861 | <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary>
|
---|
| 862 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 863 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 864 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 865 |
|
---|
| 866 | <varlistentry id="libpcprofile">
|
---|
| 867 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
|
---|
| 868 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 869 | <para>Contains profiling functions used to track the amount of CPU
|
---|
| 870 | time spent in specific source code lines</para>
|
---|
| 871 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile">
|
---|
| 872 | <primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary>
|
---|
| 873 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 874 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 875 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 876 |
|
---|
| 877 | <varlistentry id="libpthread">
|
---|
| 878 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
|
---|
| 879 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 880 | <para>The POSIX threads library</para>
|
---|
| 881 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread">
|
---|
| 882 | <primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary>
|
---|
| 883 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 884 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 885 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 886 |
|
---|
| 887 | <varlistentry id="libresolv">
|
---|
| 888 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
|
---|
| 889 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 890 | <para>Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting
|
---|
| 891 | packets to the Internet domain name servers</para>
|
---|
| 892 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv">
|
---|
| 893 | <primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary>
|
---|
| 894 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 895 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 896 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 897 |
|
---|
| 898 | <varlistentry id="librpcsvc">
|
---|
| 899 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term>
|
---|
| 900 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 901 | <para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para>
|
---|
| 902 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc">
|
---|
| 903 | <primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary>
|
---|
| 904 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 905 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 906 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 907 |
|
---|
| 908 | <varlistentry id="librt">
|
---|
| 909 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
|
---|
| 910 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 911 | <para>Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified
|
---|
| 912 | by the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para>
|
---|
| 913 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt">
|
---|
| 914 | <primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary>
|
---|
| 915 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 916 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 917 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 918 |
|
---|
| 919 | <varlistentry id="libthread_db">
|
---|
| 920 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
|
---|
| 921 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 922 | <para>Contains functions useful for building debuggers for
|
---|
| 923 | multi-threaded programs</para>
|
---|
| 924 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db">
|
---|
| 925 | <primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary>
|
---|
| 926 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 927 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 928 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 929 |
|
---|
| 930 | <varlistentry id="libutil">
|
---|
| 931 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
|
---|
| 932 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 933 | <para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in
|
---|
| 934 | many different Unix utilities</para>
|
---|
| 935 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil">
|
---|
| 936 | <primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary>
|
---|
| 937 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 938 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 939 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 940 |
|
---|
| 941 | </variablelist>
|
---|
| 942 |
|
---|
| 943 | </sect2>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 944 |
|
---|
| 945 | </sect1>
|
---|