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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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[6dfcfecc] | 36 | <seg>&glibc-fin-sbu;</seg>
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| 37 | <seg>&glibc-fin-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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[12836f5] | 45 |
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[725ef3b] | 46 | <para>Some of the Glibc programs use the non-FHS compliant
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[4028929] | 47 | <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store
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| 48 | their runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs
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| 49 | store their runtime data in the FHS-compliant locations:</para>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-fhs-patch;</userinput></screen>
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[ffbeb5f] | 52 |
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[f405318] | 53 | <!-- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30068
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| 54 | Upstream fix also added a test case and renamed "prec" to
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| 55 | "prec_inc". We'll test this with MPFR test suite so we don't
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| 56 | need the test here, and the renaming does not affect program
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| 57 | behavior. -->
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| 58 | <para>Fix a security issue identified upstream:</para>
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[833f3ef] | 59 |
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| 60 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/width -=/s/workend - string/number_length/' \
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| 61 | -i stdio-common/vfprintf-process-arg.c</userinput></screen>
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| 62 |
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[d672ab7] | 63 | <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc
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[f1dd547] | 64 | in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 65 |
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[f1dd547] | 66 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v build
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| 67 | cd build</userinput></screen>
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[c906b7e] | 68 |
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[4eee9cc] | 69 | <para>Ensure that the <command>ldconfig</command> and <command>sln</command>
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[bcb20b4] | 70 | utilities will be installed into
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[4eee9cc] | 71 | <filename class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>:</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">echo "rootsbindir=/usr/sbin" > configparms</userinput></screen>
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| 74 |
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[6a82dd9] | 75 | <para>Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 76 |
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[6dfcfecc] | 77 | <screen arch="default"><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 78 | --disable-werror \
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[0f18f2b] | 79 | --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
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[6dfcfecc] | 80 | --enable-stack-protector=strong \
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| 81 | --with-headers=/usr/include \
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[bbfb090] | 82 | --disable-crypt \
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[d4b5218] | 83 | libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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[6dfcfecc] | 84 | <screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 85 | --disable-werror \
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| 86 | --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
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| 87 | --enable-stack-protector=strong \
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| 88 | --with-headers=/usr/include \
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| 89 | --enable-multi-arch \
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[d4b5218] | 90 | libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 91 |
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[6dfcfecc] | 92 | <variablelist>
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| 93 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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[0967c90] | 94 |
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| 95 | <varlistentry>
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[6dfcfecc] | 96 | <term><parameter>--disable-werror</parameter></term>
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[0967c90] | 97 | <listitem>
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[d672ab7] | 98 | <para>This option disables the -Werror option passed to
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[6dfcfecc] | 99 | GCC. This is necessary for running the test suite.</para>
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[0967c90] | 100 | </listitem>
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| 101 | </varlistentry>
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[5897639] | 102 |
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| 103 | <varlistentry>
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[6dfcfecc] | 104 | <term><parameter>--enable-kernel=&min-kernel;</parameter></term>
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[5897639] | 105 | <listitem>
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[091d624d] | 106 | <para>This option tells the build system that this Glibc may
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[6dfcfecc] | 107 | be used with kernels as old as &min-kernel;. This means generating
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| 108 | workarounds in case a system call introduced in a later version
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| 109 | cannot be used.</para>
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[5897639] | 110 | </listitem>
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| 111 | </varlistentry>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <varlistentry>
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| 114 | <term><parameter>--enable-stack-protector=strong</parameter></term>
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| 115 | <listitem>
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[d672ab7] | 116 | <para>This option increases system security by adding
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[0d84af1] | 117 | extra code to check for buffer overflows, such as stack
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| 118 | smashing attacks.</para>
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[5897639] | 119 | </listitem>
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| 120 | </varlistentry>
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[6dfcfecc] | 121 | <!-- do we need this one? -->
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[6702623] | 122 | <varlistentry>
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| 123 | <term><parameter>--with-headers=/usr/include</parameter></term>
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>This option tells the build system where to find the
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[6dfcfecc] | 126 | kernel API headers.</para>
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[6702623] | 127 | </listitem>
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| 128 | </varlistentry>
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| 129 |
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[5897639] | 130 | <varlistentry>
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[d7a9421] | 131 | <term><parameter>libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</parameter></term>
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[5897639] | 132 | <listitem>
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| 133 | <para>This variable sets the correct library for all
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| 134 | systems. We do not want lib64 to be used.</para>
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| 135 | </listitem>
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| 136 | </varlistentry>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | </variablelist>
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| 139 |
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[6a82dd9] | 140 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 141 |
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[0445a3d] | 142 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 143 |
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[6a82dd9] | 144 | <important>
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| 145 | <para>In this section, the test suite for Glibc is considered critical.
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| 146 | Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para>
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| 147 | </important>
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[81fd230] | 148 |
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[0d84af1] | 149 | <para>Generally a few tests do not pass. The test failures listed below
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| 150 | are usually safe to ignore.</para>
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[d9c836bb] | 151 |
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[082bbce] | 152 | <!-- Use remap="make" here to work around a jhalfs issue. -->
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[9da9d014] | 153 | <!--<screen><userinput remap="make">case $(uname -m) in
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[1b3fac7] | 154 | i?86) ln -sfnv $PWD/elf/ld-linux.so.2 /lib ;;
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| 155 | x86_64) ln -sfnv $PWD/elf/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib ;;
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[082bbce] | 156 | esac</userinput></screen>
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[2e02c35] | 157 |
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[70b235f4] | 158 | <note><para>The symbolic link above is needed to run the tests at this
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[d7f58cc] | 159 | stage of building in the chroot environment. It will be overwritten
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[70b235f4] | 160 | in the install phase below.</para></note>
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[9da9d014] | 161 | -->
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[082bbce] | 162 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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| 163 |
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[58ccce5] | 164 | <para>You may see some test failures. The Glibc test suite is
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| 165 | somewhat dependent on the host system. A few failures out of
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[3bac16dc] | 166 | over 5000 tests can generally be ignored. This is a list of the
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[58ccce5] | 167 | most common issues seen for recent versions of LFS:</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 168 |
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| 169 | <itemizedlist>
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[5d1f0157] | 170 |
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[032dc4e8] | 171 | <listitem>
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[d672ab7] | 172 | <para><emphasis>io/tst-lchmod</emphasis>
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[032dc4e8] | 173 | is known to fail in the LFS chroot environment.</para>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 |
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[be5b2e0] | 176 | <!-- Did not fail with glibc-2.38
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[751a13d] | 177 | <listitem>
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[d672ab7] | 178 | <para><emphasis>misc/tst-ttyname</emphasis>
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[751a13d] | 179 | is known to fail in the LFS chroot environment.</para>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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[be5b2e0] | 181 | -->
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[186f5265] | 182 |
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[20007e5] | 183 | <!-- https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2022-August/141567.html -->
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| 184 | <listitem>
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| 185 | <para>The <emphasis>stdlib/tst-arc4random-thread</emphasis>
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| 186 | test is known to fail if the host kernel is relatively old.</para>
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| 187 | </listitem>
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| 188 |
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[582da16] | 189 | <listitem>
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[0c0b882] | 190 | <para>Some tests, for example
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| 191 | <emphasis>nss/tst-nss-files-hosts-multi</emphasis>,
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| 192 | are known to fail on relatively slow systems due to an internal
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[582da16] | 193 | timeout.</para>
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[de6905d] | 194 | </listitem>
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[c500323] | 195 |
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[d9c836bb] | 196 | <listitem>
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[8287b51] | 197 | <para>Additionally, some tests may fail with a relatively old CPU
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| 198 | model or host kernel version.</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </itemizedlist>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will
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| 203 | complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.
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| 204 | Prevent this warning with:</para>
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[1caa48e] | 205 |
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[0445a3d] | 206 | <screen><userinput remap="install">touch /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
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[1caa48e] | 207 |
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[a3bd4689] | 208 | <!-- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21911 -->
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| 209 | <para>Fix the Makefile to skip an outdated sanity check
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| 210 | that fails with a modern Glibc configuration:</para>
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[ffbeb5f] | 211 |
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| 212 | <screen><userinput remap="install">sed '/test-installation/s@$(PERL)@echo not running@' -i ../Makefile</userinput></screen>
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| 213 |
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[6a82dd9] | 214 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 215 |
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[0445a3d] | 216 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 217 |
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[091d624d] | 218 | <para>Fix a hardcoded path to the executable loader in the
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[0ebda11] | 219 | <command>ldd</command> script:</para>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <screen><userinput remap="install">sed '/RTLDLIST=/s@/usr@@g' -i /usr/bin/ldd</userinput></screen>
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| 222 |
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[4028929] | 223 | <para>Install the configuration file and runtime directory for
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| 224 | <command>nscd</command>:</para>
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| 225 |
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[f1dd547] | 226 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v ../nscd/nscd.conf /etc/nscd.conf
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[4028929] | 227 | mkdir -pv /var/cache/nscd</userinput></screen>
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| 228 |
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[d672ab7] | 229 | <para revision="systemd">Install the systemd support files for
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[1118b17] | 230 | <command>nscd</command>:</para>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="install">install -v -Dm644 ../nscd/nscd.tmpfiles /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nscd.conf
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[d7a9421] | 233 | install -v -Dm644 ../nscd/nscd.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/nscd.service</userinput></screen>
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[1118b17] | 234 |
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[d730742] | 235 | <para>Next, install the locales that can make the system respond in a
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[091d624d] | 236 | different language. None of these locales are required, but if some of them
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| 237 | are missing, the test suites of some packages will skip important
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| 238 | test cases.</para>
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[6a82dd9] | 239 |
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| 240 | <para>Individual locales can be installed using the
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[a5d31dd] | 241 | <command>localedef</command> program. E.g., the second
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[6a82dd9] | 242 | <command>localedef</command> command below combines the
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[fffccab] | 243 | <filename>/usr/share/i18n/locales/cs_CZ</filename>
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[6a82dd9] | 244 | charset-independent locale definition with the
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[fffccab] | 245 | <filename>/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/UTF-8.gz</filename>
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[6a82dd9] | 246 | charmap definition and appends the result to the
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| 247 | <filename>/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive</filename> file.
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| 248 | The following instructions will install the minimum set of
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| 249 | locales necessary for the optimal coverage of tests:</para>
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[3f0c882] | 250 |
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[0445a3d] | 251 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput remap="locale-test">mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
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[75828c3] | 252 | localedef -i POSIX -f UTF-8 C.UTF-8 2> /dev/null || true
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[1e77f0c] | 253 | localedef -i cs_CZ -f UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8
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[73aedd1d] | 254 | localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
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| 255 | localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro
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[1e77f0c] | 256 | localedef -i de_DE -f UTF-8 de_DE.UTF-8
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[75828c3] | 257 | localedef -i el_GR -f ISO-8859-7 el_GR
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[cefe505] | 258 | localedef -i en_GB -f ISO-8859-1 en_GB
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[e9aabce] | 259 | localedef -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
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[73aedd1d] | 260 | localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK
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| 261 | localedef -i en_PH -f ISO-8859-1 en_PH
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| 262 | localedef -i en_US -f ISO-8859-1 en_US
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[3a35b11] | 263 | localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
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[cefe505] | 264 | localedef -i es_ES -f ISO-8859-15 es_ES@euro
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[73aedd1d] | 265 | localedef -i es_MX -f ISO-8859-1 es_MX
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[673b0d8] | 266 | localedef -i fa_IR -f UTF-8 fa_IR
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[73aedd1d] | 267 | localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR
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| 268 | localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro
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[d93d1c90] | 269 | localedef -i fr_FR -f UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8
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[cefe505] | 270 | localedef -i is_IS -f ISO-8859-1 is_IS
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| 271 | localedef -i is_IS -f UTF-8 is_IS.UTF-8
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[73aedd1d] | 272 | localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
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[cefe505] | 273 | localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-15 it_IT@euro
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[5b36d32] | 274 | localedef -i it_IT -f UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8
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[1e77f0c] | 275 | localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP
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[8dd179b] | 276 | localedef -i ja_JP -f SHIFT_JIS ja_JP.SJIS 2> /dev/null || true
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[74f027f] | 277 | localedef -i ja_JP -f UTF-8 ja_JP.UTF-8
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[cefe505] | 278 | localedef -i nl_NL@euro -f ISO-8859-15 nl_NL@euro
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[5b36d32] | 279 | localedef -i ru_RU -f KOI8-R ru_RU.KOI8-R
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| 280 | localedef -i ru_RU -f UTF-8 ru_RU.UTF-8
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[cefe505] | 281 | localedef -i se_NO -f UTF-8 se_NO.UTF-8
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| 282 | localedef -i ta_IN -f UTF-8 ta_IN.UTF-8
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[fffccab] | 283 | localedef -i tr_TR -f UTF-8 tr_TR.UTF-8
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[75828c3] | 284 | localedef -i zh_CN -f GB18030 zh_CN.GB18030
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[cefe505] | 285 | localedef -i zh_HK -f BIG5-HKSCS zh_HK.BIG5-HKSCS
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| 286 | localedef -i zh_TW -f UTF-8 zh_TW.UTF-8</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 287 |
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[6a82dd9] | 288 | <para>In addition, install the locale for your own country, language and
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| 289 | character set.</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 290 |
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[091d624d] | 291 | <para>Alternatively, install all the locales listed in the
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[6a82dd9] | 292 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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| 293 | (it includes every locale listed above and many more) at once with the
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| 294 | following time-consuming command:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 295 |
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[0445a3d] | 296 | <screen><userinput remap="locale-full">make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 297 |
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[6a82dd9] | 298 | <para>Then use the <command>localedef</command> command to create and
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| 299 | install locales not listed in the
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| 300 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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[49e360b9] | 301 | when you need them. For instance, the following two locales are
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| 302 | needed for some tests later in this chapter:</para>
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[d672ab7] | 303 |
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[49e360b9] | 304 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput remap="locale-full">localedef -i POSIX -f UTF-8 C.UTF-8 2> /dev/null || true
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[8dd179b] | 305 | localedef -i ja_JP -f SHIFT_JIS ja_JP.SJIS 2> /dev/null || true</userinput></screen>
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[6a82dd9] | 306 |
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[d672ab7] | 307 | <note><para>Glibc now uses libidn2 when resolving internationalized
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[3b03219] | 308 | domain names. This is a run time dependency. If this capability
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[d672ab7] | 309 | is needed, the instructions for installing libidn2 are in the
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[3b03219] | 310 | <ulink url="&blfs-book;general/libidn2.html">BLFS libidn2 page</ulink>.
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| 311 | </para></note>
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| 312 |
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[6a82dd9] | 313 | </sect2>
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[94aa6621] | 314 |
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[6a82dd9] | 315 | <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration">
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| 316 | <title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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[5888299] | 317 |
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[6a82dd9] | 318 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 319 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary>
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| 320 | </indexterm>
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[81fd230] | 321 |
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[6a82dd9] | 322 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 323 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary>
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| 324 | </indexterm>
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[342b176] | 325 |
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[a72ca33] | 326 | <sect3>
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| 327 | <title>Adding nsswitch.conf</title>
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| 328 |
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[6a82dd9] | 329 | <para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created
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[a72ca33] | 330 | because the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment.
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| 331 | </para>
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[6a82dd9] | 332 |
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| 333 | <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the
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| 334 | following:</para>
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[342b176] | 335 |
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[bb55064] | 336 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF"
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[d72e04a] | 337 | <literal># Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
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[342b176] | 338 |
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| 339 | passwd: files
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| 340 | group: files
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| 341 | shadow: files
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| 342 |
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| 343 | hosts: files dns
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| 344 | networks: files
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| 345 |
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[4a80bec] | 346 | protocols: files
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| 347 | services: files
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| 348 | ethers: files
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| 349 | rpc: files
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[342b176] | 350 |
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[d72e04a] | 351 | # End /etc/nsswitch.conf</literal>
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[bb55064] | 352 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 353 |
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[a72ca33] | 354 | </sect3>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <sect3>
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[091d624d] | 357 | <title>Adding Time Zone Data</title>
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[a72ca33] | 358 |
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[edbeeb5] | 359 | <para>Install and set up the time zone data with the following:</para>
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[f1dd547] | 360 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../../tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz
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[f1c177f] | 361 |
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[ea31e92] | 362 | ZONEINFO=/usr/share/zoneinfo
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[2ca8941] | 363 | mkdir -pv $ZONEINFO/{posix,right}
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[ea31e92] | 364 |
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| 365 | for tz in etcetera southamerica northamerica europe africa antarctica \
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[fb95c5c] | 366 | asia australasia backward; do
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[082bbce] | 367 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO ${tz}
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| 368 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO/posix ${tz}
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| 369 | zic -L leapseconds -d $ZONEINFO/right ${tz}
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[287a36b4] | 370 | done
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[f0f7ea0] | 371 |
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[f1d755b] | 372 | cp -v zone.tab zone1970.tab iso3166.tab $ZONEINFO
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[ea31e92] | 373 | zic -d $ZONEINFO -p America/New_York
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| 374 | unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
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[f1c177f] | 375 |
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[7a6bcf9] | 376 | <variablelist>
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| 377 | <title>The meaning of the zic commands:</title>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <varlistentry>
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| 380 | <term><parameter>zic -L /dev/null ...</parameter></term>
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| 381 | <listitem>
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[6dfcfecc] | 382 | <para>This creates posix time zones without any leap seconds. It is
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[7a6bcf9] | 383 | conventional to put these in both
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| 384 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename> and
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| 385 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is
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[edbeeb5] | 386 | necessary to put the POSIX time zones in
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[7a6bcf9] | 387 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various
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[3c5ecc9] | 388 | test suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is
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[edbeeb5] | 389 | tight and you do not intend to ever update the time zones, you could save
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[6dfcfecc] | 390 | 1.9 MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename>
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[3c5ecc9] | 391 | directory, but some applications or test suites might produce some
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[7bb9fda] | 392 | failures.</para>
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[7a6bcf9] | 393 | </listitem>
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| 394 | </varlistentry>
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| 395 | <varlistentry>
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| 396 | <term><parameter>zic -L leapseconds ...</parameter></term>
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| 397 | <listitem>
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[edbeeb5] | 398 | <para>This creates right time zones, including leap seconds. On an
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[7a6bcf9] | 399 | embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to
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[edbeeb5] | 400 | ever update the time zones, or care about the correct time, you could
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[7a6bcf9] | 401 | save 1.9MB by omitting the <filename class="directory">right</filename>
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| 402 | directory.</para>
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| 403 | </listitem>
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| 404 | </varlistentry>
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| 405 | <varlistentry>
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| 406 | <term><parameter>zic ... -p ...</parameter></term>
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| 407 | <listitem>
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[d7f2eb0] | 408 | <para>This creates the <filename>posixrules</filename> file. We use
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[cb02946] | 409 | New York because POSIX requires the daylight savings time rules
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[e7134f1] | 410 | to be in accordance with US rules.</para>
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[7a6bcf9] | 411 | </listitem>
|
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| 412 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 413 | </variablelist>
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| 414 |
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| 415 |
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| 416 | <para>One way to determine the local time zone is to run the following
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[e1060de] | 417 | script:</para>
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[342b176] | 418 |
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[be4be92] | 419 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 420 |
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[6a82dd9] | 421 | <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will
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[e1060de] | 422 | output the name of the time zone (e.g.,
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| 423 | <emphasis>America/Edmonton</emphasis>). There are also some other possible
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[edbeeb5] | 424 | time zones listed in <filename
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[e1060de] | 425 | class='directory'>/usr/share/zoneinfo</filename> such as
|
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| 426 | <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis> or <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> that
|
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| 427 | are not identified by the script but can be used.</para>
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| 428 |
|
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| 429 | <para>Then create the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by
|
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| 430 | running:</para>
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[342b176] | 431 |
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[1daca67] | 432 | <screen><userinput>ln -sfv /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable> /etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 433 |
|
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[e1060de] | 434 | <para>Replace <replaceable><xxx></replaceable> with the name of the
|
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| 435 | time zone selected (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 436 |
|
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[a72ca33] | 437 | </sect3>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 438 |
|
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[a72ca33] | 439 | <sect3 id="conf-ld" role="configuration">
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[6a82dd9] | 440 | <title>Configuring the Dynamic Loader</title>
|
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| 441 |
|
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| 442 | <indexterm zone="conf-ld">
|
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| 443 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary>
|
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| 444 | </indexterm>
|
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| 445 |
|
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| 446 | <para>By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
|
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| 447 | class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through
|
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[85cdcb09] | 448 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries
|
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| 449 | that are needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are
|
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| 450 | libraries in directories other than
|
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[6a82dd9] | 451 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be added
|
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| 452 | to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order for the
|
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| 453 | dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly known
|
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| 454 | to contain additional libraries are <filename
|
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| 455 | class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename
|
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| 456 | class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the
|
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| 457 | dynamic loader's search path.</para>
|
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| 458 |
|
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| 459 | <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
|
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| 460 | following:</para>
|
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[342b176] | 461 |
|
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[bb55064] | 462 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
|
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[d72e04a] | 463 | <literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
|
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[342b176] | 464 | /usr/local/lib
|
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| 465 | /opt/lib
|
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[50f648b] | 466 | </literal>
|
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[bb55064] | 467 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
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[342b176] | 468 |
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 469 | <para>If desired, the dynamic loader can also search a directory and
|
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[2ca8941] | 470 | include the contents of files found there. Generally the files in
|
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[50f648b] | 471 | this include directory are one line specifying the desired library path.
|
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| 472 | To add this capability run the following commands:</para>
|
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| 473 |
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 474 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
|
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[50f648b] | 475 | <literal># Add an include directory
|
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| 476 | include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
|
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| 477 | </literal>
|
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| 478 | EOF
|
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[3d086301] | 479 | mkdir -pv /etc/ld.so.conf.d</userinput></screen>
|
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[50f648b] | 480 |
|
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[a72ca33] | 481 | </sect3>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 482 | </sect2>
|
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| 483 |
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 484 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
|
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| 485 | <!-- Multilib - 32bit -->
|
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| 486 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
|
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| 487 | <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all">
|
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| 488 | <title>Building Glibc - 32bit</title>
|
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| 489 |
|
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| 490 | <para>Now recompile for m32. The extracted source can be
|
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[0ebda11] | 491 | reused but needs to be cleaned before installing the m32
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 492 | version of Glibc.</para>
|
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| 493 |
|
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| 494 | <para>Clear the build directory and remove artefacts from
|
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| 495 | previous build:</para>
|
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| 496 |
|
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| 497 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">rm -rf ./*
|
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| 498 | find .. -name "*.a" -delete</userinput></screen>
|
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| 499 |
|
---|
| 500 | <para>Configure Glibc for m32 with the following commands:</para>
|
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| 501 |
|
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| 502 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" \
|
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| 503 | ../configure \
|
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| 504 | --prefix=/usr \
|
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| 505 | --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
|
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| 506 | --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
|
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| 507 | --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
|
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| 508 | --with-headers=/usr/include \
|
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| 509 | --enable-multi-arch \
|
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[0ebda11] | 510 | --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
|
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| 511 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib32 \
|
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[d4b5218] | 512 | libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib32</userinput></screen>
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 513 |
|
---|
| 514 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
|
---|
| 515 |
|
---|
| 516 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 517 |
|
---|
| 518 | <para>Install the package:</para>
|
---|
| 519 |
|
---|
| 520 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
|
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[0ebda11] | 521 | cp -a DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32/
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 522 | install -vm644 DESTDIR/usr/include/gnu/{lib-names,stubs}-32.h \
|
---|
[0ebda11] | 523 | /usr/include/gnu/</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 524 | <!-- no longer required as they are created in chap5
|
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| 525 | ln -svf ../lib32/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
|
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| 526 | -->
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 527 |
|
---|
| 528 | <para>Add the library name to the dynamic loader config:</para>
|
---|
| 529 |
|
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[0ebda11] | 530 | <screen role="install"><userinput>echo "/usr/lib32" >> /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
|
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[6dfcfecc] | 531 |
|
---|
| 532 | <caution>
|
---|
| 533 | <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
|
---|
| 534 | functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
|
---|
| 535 | expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
|
---|
| 536 |
|
---|
| 537 | <screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' > dummy.c
|
---|
| 538 | gcc -m32 dummy.c
|
---|
| 539 | readelf -l a.out | grep '/ld-linux'</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 540 |
|
---|
| 541 | <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
|
---|
| 542 | and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
|
---|
| 543 |
|
---|
| 544 | <screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
|
---|
| 545 |
|
---|
| 546 | <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
|
---|
| 547 | then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
|
---|
| 548 | where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
|
---|
| 549 | continuing on.</para>
|
---|
| 550 |
|
---|
| 551 | <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
|
---|
| 552 |
|
---|
| 553 | <screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 554 |
|
---|
| 555 | </caution>
|
---|
| 556 |
|
---|
| 557 | </sect2><!-- m32 -->
|
---|
| 558 |
|
---|
| 559 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
|
---|
| 560 | <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
|
---|
| 561 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
|
---|
| 562 |
|
---|
| 563 | <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all">
|
---|
| 564 | <title>Building Glibc - x32bit</title>
|
---|
| 565 |
|
---|
| 566 | <para>Now recompile for mx32. The extracted source can be
|
---|
[0ebda11] | 567 | reused but needs to be cleaned before installing the mx32
|
---|
[6dfcfecc] | 568 | version of Glibc.</para>
|
---|
| 569 |
|
---|
| 570 | <para>Clear the build directory and remove artefacts from
|
---|
| 571 | previous build:</para>
|
---|
| 572 |
|
---|
| 573 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">rm -rf ./*
|
---|
| 574 | find .. -name "*.a" -delete</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 575 |
|
---|
| 576 | <para>Configure Glibc for mx32 with the following commands:</para>
|
---|
| 577 |
|
---|
| 578 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" CXX="g++ -mx32" \
|
---|
| 579 | ../configure \
|
---|
| 580 | --prefix=/usr \
|
---|
| 581 | --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
|
---|
| 582 | --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
|
---|
| 583 | --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
|
---|
[0ebda11] | 584 | --with-headers=/usr/include \
|
---|
[6dfcfecc] | 585 | --enable-multi-arch \
|
---|
[0ebda11] | 586 | --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
|
---|
| 587 | --libexecdir=/usr/libx32 \
|
---|
[d4b5218] | 588 | libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/libx32</userinput></screen>
|
---|
[6dfcfecc] | 589 |
|
---|
| 590 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
|
---|
| 591 |
|
---|
| 592 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 593 |
|
---|
| 594 | <para>Install the package:</para>
|
---|
| 595 |
|
---|
| 596 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
|
---|
[0ebda11] | 597 | cp -a DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32/
|
---|
[6dfcfecc] | 598 | install -vm644 DESTDIR/usr/include/gnu/{lib-names,stubs}-x32.h \
|
---|
[0ebda11] | 599 | /usr/include/gnu/</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 600 | <!-- no longer required as they are created in chap5
|
---|
| 601 | ln -svf ../libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2 /lib/ld-linux-x32.so.2
|
---|
| 602 | -->
|
---|
[6dfcfecc] | 603 | <para>Add the library name to the dynamic loader config:</para>
|
---|
| 604 |
|
---|
[0ebda11] | 605 | <screen role="install"><userinput>echo "/usr/libx32" >> /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
|
---|
[6dfcfecc] | 606 |
|
---|
| 607 | <caution>
|
---|
| 608 | <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
|
---|
| 609 | functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
|
---|
| 610 | expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
|
---|
| 611 |
|
---|
| 612 | <screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' > dummy.c
|
---|
| 613 | gcc -mx32 dummy.c
|
---|
| 614 | readelf -l a.out | grep '/ld-linux-x32'</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 615 |
|
---|
| 616 | <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
|
---|
| 617 | and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
|
---|
| 618 |
|
---|
[d7e0db5] | 619 | <screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
|
---|
[6dfcfecc] | 620 |
|
---|
| 621 | <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
|
---|
| 622 | then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
|
---|
| 623 | where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
|
---|
| 624 | continuing on.</para>
|
---|
| 625 |
|
---|
| 626 | <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
|
---|
| 627 |
|
---|
| 628 | <screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 629 |
|
---|
| 630 | </caution>
|
---|
| 631 |
|
---|
| 632 | </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
|
---|
| 633 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 634 | <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content">
|
---|
| 635 | <title>Contents of Glibc</title>
|
---|
| 636 |
|
---|
| 637 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
| 638 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
|
---|
| 639 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
[fe05b08] | 640 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 641 |
|
---|
| 642 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
[db3c501] | 643 | <seg>gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig,
|
---|
[81d3242] | 644 | ldd, lddlibc4,
|
---|
| 645 | ld.so (symlink to ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 or ld-linux.so.2),
|
---|
| 646 | locale, localedef, makedb, mtrace, nscd,
|
---|
[78cc3be] | 647 | pcprofiledump, pldd, sln, sotruss, sprof, tzselect, xtrace,
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 648 | zdump, and zic</seg>
|
---|
[9c7598cc] | 649 | <seg>ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, ld-linux.so.2,
|
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[db3c501] | 650 | libBrokenLocale.{a,so}, libanl.{a,so},
|
---|
[b7daa52a] | 651 | libc.{a,so}, libc_nonshared.a, libc_malloc_debug.so,
|
---|
[bbfb090] | 652 | libdl.{a,so.2}, libg.a, libm.{a,so},
|
---|
[9c7598cc] | 653 | libmcheck.a, libmemusage.so, libmvec.{a,so}, libnsl.so.1,
|
---|
[78cc3be] | 654 | libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so, libnss_hesiod.so,
|
---|
[9c7598cc] | 655 | libpcprofile.so, libpthread.{a,so.0},
|
---|
| 656 | libresolv.{a,so}, librt.{a,so.1},
|
---|
| 657 | libthread_db.so, and libutil.{a,so.1}</seg>
|
---|
[fe05b08] | 658 | <seg>/usr/include/arpa, /usr/include/bits, /usr/include/gnu,
|
---|
| 659 | /usr/include/net, /usr/include/netash, /usr/include/netatalk,
|
---|
| 660 | /usr/include/netax25, /usr/include/neteconet, /usr/include/netinet,
|
---|
| 661 | /usr/include/netipx, /usr/include/netiucv, /usr/include/netpacket,
|
---|
| 662 | /usr/include/netrom, /usr/include/netrose, /usr/include/nfs,
|
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[78cc3be] | 663 | /usr/include/protocols, /usr/include/rpc,
|
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[4028929] | 664 | /usr/include/sys, /usr/lib/audit, /usr/lib/gconv, /usr/lib/locale,
|
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| 665 | /usr/libexec/getconf, /usr/share/i18n, /usr/share/zoneinfo,
|
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[7bb9fda] | 666 | /var/cache/nscd, and /var/lib/nss_db</seg>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 667 | </seglistitem>
|
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| 668 | </segmentedlist>
|
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| 669 |
|
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| 670 | <variablelist>
|
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| 671 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
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| 672 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
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| 673 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
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| 674 |
|
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| 675 | <varlistentry id="gencat">
|
---|
| 676 | <term><command>gencat</command></term>
|
---|
| 677 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 678 | <para>Generates message catalogues</para>
|
---|
| 679 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat">
|
---|
| 680 | <primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary>
|
---|
| 681 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 682 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 683 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 684 |
|
---|
| 685 | <varlistentry id="getconf">
|
---|
| 686 | <term><command>getconf</command></term>
|
---|
| 687 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 688 | <para>Displays the system configuration values for file system
|
---|
| 689 | specific variables</para>
|
---|
| 690 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf">
|
---|
| 691 | <primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary>
|
---|
| 692 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 693 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 694 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 695 |
|
---|
| 696 | <varlistentry id="getent">
|
---|
| 697 | <term><command>getent</command></term>
|
---|
| 698 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 699 | <para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para>
|
---|
| 700 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent">
|
---|
| 701 | <primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary>
|
---|
| 702 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 703 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 704 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 705 |
|
---|
| 706 | <varlistentry id="iconv">
|
---|
| 707 | <term><command>iconv</command></term>
|
---|
| 708 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 709 | <para>Performs character set conversion</para>
|
---|
| 710 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv">
|
---|
| 711 | <primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary>
|
---|
| 712 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 713 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 714 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 715 |
|
---|
| 716 | <varlistentry id="iconvconfig">
|
---|
| 717 | <term><command>iconvconfig</command></term>
|
---|
| 718 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 719 | <para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration
|
---|
| 720 | files</para>
|
---|
| 721 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig">
|
---|
| 722 | <primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary>
|
---|
| 723 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 724 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 725 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 726 |
|
---|
| 727 | <varlistentry id="ldconfig">
|
---|
| 728 | <term><command>ldconfig</command></term>
|
---|
| 729 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 730 | <para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para>
|
---|
| 731 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig">
|
---|
| 732 | <primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary>
|
---|
| 733 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 734 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 735 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 736 |
|
---|
| 737 | <varlistentry id="ldd">
|
---|
| 738 | <term><command>ldd</command></term>
|
---|
| 739 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 740 | <para>Reports which shared libraries are required
|
---|
| 741 | by each given program or shared library</para>
|
---|
| 742 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd">
|
---|
| 743 | <primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary>
|
---|
| 744 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 745 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 746 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 747 |
|
---|
| 748 | <varlistentry id="lddlibc4">
|
---|
| 749 | <term><command>lddlibc4</command></term>
|
---|
| 750 | <listitem>
|
---|
[db3c501] | 751 | <para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files.
|
---|
| 752 | It does not exist on newer architectures like x86_64</para>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 753 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4">
|
---|
| 754 | <primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary>
|
---|
| 755 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 756 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 757 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 758 |
|
---|
| 759 | <varlistentry id="locale">
|
---|
| 760 | <term><command>locale</command></term>
|
---|
| 761 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 762 | <para>Prints various information about the current locale</para>
|
---|
| 763 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale">
|
---|
| 764 | <primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary>
|
---|
| 765 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 766 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 767 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 768 |
|
---|
| 769 | <varlistentry id="localedef">
|
---|
| 770 | <term><command>localedef</command></term>
|
---|
| 771 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 772 | <para>Compiles locale specifications</para>
|
---|
| 773 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef">
|
---|
| 774 | <primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary>
|
---|
| 775 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 776 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 777 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 778 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 779 | <varlistentry id="makedb">
|
---|
| 780 | <term><command>makedb</command></term>
|
---|
| 781 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 782 | <para>Creates a simple database from textual input</para>
|
---|
| 783 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc makedb">
|
---|
| 784 | <primary sortas="b-makedb">makedb</primary>
|
---|
| 785 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 786 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 787 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 788 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 789 | <varlistentry id="mtrace">
|
---|
| 790 | <term><command>mtrace</command></term>
|
---|
| 791 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 792 | <para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and displays a summary
|
---|
| 793 | in human-readable format</para>
|
---|
| 794 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace">
|
---|
| 795 | <primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary>
|
---|
| 796 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 797 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 798 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 799 |
|
---|
| 800 | <varlistentry id="nscd">
|
---|
| 801 | <term><command>nscd</command></term>
|
---|
| 802 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 803 | <para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
|
---|
| 804 | service requests</para>
|
---|
| 805 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd">
|
---|
| 806 | <primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary>
|
---|
| 807 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 808 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 809 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[1118b17] | 810 |
|
---|
[78cc3be] | 811 | <varlistentry id="pcprofiledump">
|
---|
| 812 | <term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
|
---|
| 813 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 814 | <para>Dump information generated by PC profiling</para>
|
---|
| 815 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump">
|
---|
| 816 | <primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary>
|
---|
| 817 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 818 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 819 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 820 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 821 | <varlistentry id="pldd">
|
---|
| 822 | <term><command>pldd</command></term>
|
---|
| 823 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 824 | <para>Lists dynamic shared objects used by running processes</para>
|
---|
| 825 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pldd">
|
---|
| 826 | <primary sortas="b-pldd">pldd</primary>
|
---|
| 827 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 828 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 829 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[1118b17] | 830 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 831 | <varlistentry id="sln">
|
---|
| 832 | <term><command>sln</command></term>
|
---|
| 833 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 834 | <para>A statically linked <command>ln</command> program</para>
|
---|
| 835 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln">
|
---|
| 836 | <primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary>
|
---|
| 837 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 838 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 839 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 840 |
|
---|
[3119ddc] | 841 | <varlistentry id="sotruss">
|
---|
| 842 | <term><command>sotruss</command></term>
|
---|
| 843 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 844 | <para>Traces shared library procedure calls of a specified command</para>
|
---|
| 845 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sotruss">
|
---|
| 846 | <primary sortas="b-sotruss">sotruss</primary>
|
---|
| 847 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 848 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 849 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 850 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 851 | <varlistentry id="sprof">
|
---|
| 852 | <term><command>sprof</command></term>
|
---|
| 853 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 854 | <para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para>
|
---|
| 855 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof">
|
---|
| 856 | <primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary>
|
---|
| 857 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 858 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 859 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 860 |
|
---|
| 861 | <varlistentry id="tzselect">
|
---|
| 862 | <term><command>tzselect</command></term>
|
---|
| 863 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 864 | <para>Asks the user about the location of the system and reports
|
---|
| 865 | the corresponding time zone description</para>
|
---|
| 866 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect">
|
---|
| 867 | <primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary>
|
---|
| 868 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 869 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 870 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 871 |
|
---|
| 872 | <varlistentry id="xtrace">
|
---|
| 873 | <term><command>xtrace</command></term>
|
---|
| 874 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 875 | <para>Traces the execution of a program by printing the currently
|
---|
| 876 | executed function</para>
|
---|
| 877 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace">
|
---|
| 878 | <primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary>
|
---|
| 879 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 880 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 881 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 882 |
|
---|
| 883 | <varlistentry id="zdump">
|
---|
| 884 | <term><command>zdump</command></term>
|
---|
| 885 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 886 | <para>The time zone dumper</para>
|
---|
| 887 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump">
|
---|
| 888 | <primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary>
|
---|
| 889 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 890 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 891 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 892 |
|
---|
| 893 | <varlistentry id="zic">
|
---|
| 894 | <term><command>zic</command></term>
|
---|
| 895 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 896 | <para>The time zone compiler</para>
|
---|
| 897 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic">
|
---|
| 898 | <primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary>
|
---|
| 899 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 900 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 901 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 902 |
|
---|
| 903 | <varlistentry id="ld.so">
|
---|
[9c7598cc] | 904 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">ld-*.so</filename></term>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 905 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 906 | <para>The helper program for shared library executables</para>
|
---|
| 907 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so">
|
---|
[5ef820b] | 908 | <primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld-&glibc-version;.so</primary>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 909 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 910 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 911 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 912 |
|
---|
| 913 | <varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale">
|
---|
| 914 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
|
---|
| 915 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 916 | <para>Used internally by Glibc as a gross hack to get broken programs
|
---|
| 917 | (e.g., some Motif applications) running. See comments in
|
---|
| 918 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/locale/broken_cur_max.c</filename>
|
---|
| 919 | for more information</para>
|
---|
| 920 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale">
|
---|
| 921 | <primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary>
|
---|
| 922 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 923 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 924 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 925 |
|
---|
| 926 | <varlistentry id="libanl">
|
---|
| 927 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
|
---|
| 928 | <listitem>
|
---|
[e9ab2b3] | 929 | <para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was the
|
---|
| 930 | asynchronous name lookup library, whose functions are now in
|
---|
| 931 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libc</filename></para>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 932 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl">
|
---|
| 933 | <primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary>
|
---|
| 934 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 935 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 936 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 937 |
|
---|
| 938 | <varlistentry id="libc">
|
---|
| 939 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
|
---|
| 940 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 941 | <para>The main C library</para>
|
---|
| 942 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc">
|
---|
| 943 | <primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary>
|
---|
| 944 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 945 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 946 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 947 |
|
---|
[b7daa52a] | 948 | <varlistentry id="libc_malloc_debug">
|
---|
| 949 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc_malloc_debug</filename></term>
|
---|
| 950 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 951 | <para>Turns on memory allocation checking when preloaded</para>
|
---|
| 952 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc_malloc_debug">
|
---|
| 953 | <primary sortas="c-libc_malloc_debug">libc_malloc_debug</primary>
|
---|
| 954 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 955 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 956 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 957 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 958 | <varlistentry id="libdl">
|
---|
| 959 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
|
---|
| 960 | <listitem>
|
---|
[9c7598cc] | 961 | <para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was the
|
---|
| 962 | dynamic linking interface library, whose functions are now in
|
---|
| 963 | <filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></para>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 964 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl">
|
---|
| 965 | <primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary>
|
---|
| 966 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 967 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 968 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 969 |
|
---|
| 970 | <varlistentry id="libg">
|
---|
| 971 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
|
---|
| 972 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 973 | <para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was a runtime
|
---|
| 974 | library for <command>g++</command></para>
|
---|
| 975 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg">
|
---|
| 976 | <primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary>
|
---|
| 977 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 978 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 979 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 980 |
|
---|
| 981 | <varlistentry id="libm">
|
---|
| 982 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
|
---|
| 983 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 984 | <para>The mathematical library</para>
|
---|
| 985 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm">
|
---|
| 986 | <primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary>
|
---|
| 987 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 988 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 989 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 990 |
|
---|
[b7daa52a] | 991 | <varlistentry id="libmvec">
|
---|
| 992 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmvec</filename></term>
|
---|
| 993 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 994 | <para>The vector math library, linked in as needed
|
---|
| 995 | when <filename class='libraryfile'>libm</filename> is used</para>
|
---|
| 996 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmvec">
|
---|
| 997 | <primary sortas="c-libmvec">libmvec</primary>
|
---|
| 998 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 999 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1000 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1001 |
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1002 | <varlistentry id="libmcheck">
|
---|
| 1003 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1004 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1005 | <para>Turns on memory allocation checking when linked to</para>
|
---|
| 1006 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck">
|
---|
| 1007 | <primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary>
|
---|
| 1008 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1009 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1010 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1011 |
|
---|
| 1012 | <varlistentry id="libmemusage">
|
---|
| 1013 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1014 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1015 | <para>Used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect
|
---|
| 1016 | information about the memory usage of a program</para>
|
---|
| 1017 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage">
|
---|
| 1018 | <primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary>
|
---|
| 1019 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1020 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1021 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1022 |
|
---|
| 1023 | <varlistentry id="libnsl">
|
---|
| 1024 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1025 | <listitem>
|
---|
[9c7598cc] | 1026 | <para>The network services library, now deprecated</para>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1027 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl">
|
---|
| 1028 | <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary>
|
---|
| 1029 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1030 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1031 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1032 |
|
---|
| 1033 | <varlistentry id="libnss">
|
---|
[b7daa52a] | 1034 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss_*</filename></term>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1035 | <listitem>
|
---|
[b7daa52a] | 1036 | <para>The Name Service Switch modules, containing functions for
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1037 | resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services,
|
---|
[b7daa52a] | 1038 | protocols, etc. Loaded by
|
---|
| 1039 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libc</filename> according to the
|
---|
| 1040 | configuration in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename></para>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1041 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss">
|
---|
[b7daa52a] | 1042 | <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss_*</primary>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1043 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1044 | </listitem>
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| 1045 | </varlistentry>
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[1118b17] | 1046 |
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[78cc3be] | 1047 | <varlistentry id="libpcprofile">
|
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| 1048 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
|
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| 1049 | <listitem>
|
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| 1050 | <para>Can be preloaded to PC profile an executable</para>
|
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| 1051 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile">
|
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| 1052 | <primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary>
|
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| 1053 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1054 | </listitem>
|
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| 1055 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1056 |
|
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[6a82dd9] | 1057 | <varlistentry id="libpthread">
|
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| 1058 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
|
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| 1059 | <listitem>
|
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[9c7598cc] | 1060 | <para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously contained
|
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| 1061 | functions providing most of the interfaces specified
|
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[91d8e69] | 1062 | by the POSIX.1c Threads Extensions and the semaphore interfaces
|
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| 1063 | specified by the POSIX.1b Real-time Extensions, now the functions
|
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| 1064 | are in <filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></para>
|
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[6a82dd9] | 1065 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread">
|
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| 1066 | <primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary>
|
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| 1067 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1068 | </listitem>
|
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| 1069 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1070 |
|
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| 1071 | <varlistentry id="libresolv">
|
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| 1072 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
|
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| 1073 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1074 | <para>Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting
|
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| 1075 | packets to the Internet domain name servers</para>
|
---|
| 1076 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv">
|
---|
| 1077 | <primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary>
|
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| 1078 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1079 | </listitem>
|
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| 1080 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1081 |
|
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| 1082 | <varlistentry id="librt">
|
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| 1083 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
|
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| 1084 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1085 | <para>Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified
|
---|
[91d8e69] | 1086 | by the POSIX.1b Real-time Extensions</para>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1087 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt">
|
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| 1088 | <primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary>
|
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| 1089 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1090 | </listitem>
|
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| 1091 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1092 |
|
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| 1093 | <varlistentry id="libthread_db">
|
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| 1094 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
|
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| 1095 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1096 | <para>Contains functions useful for building debuggers for
|
---|
| 1097 | multi-threaded programs</para>
|
---|
| 1098 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db">
|
---|
| 1099 | <primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary>
|
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| 1100 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1101 | </listitem>
|
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| 1102 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1103 |
|
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| 1104 | <varlistentry id="libutil">
|
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| 1105 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
|
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| 1106 | <listitem>
|
---|
[99b2938] | 1107 | <para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously contained
|
---|
[9c7598cc] | 1108 | code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in
|
---|
| 1109 | many different Unix utilities. These functions are now in
|
---|
| 1110 | <filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></para>
|
---|
[6a82dd9] | 1111 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil">
|
---|
| 1112 | <primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary>
|
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| 1113 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1114 | </listitem>
|
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| 1115 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1116 |
|
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| 1117 | </variablelist>
|
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| 1118 |
|
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| 1119 | </sect2>
|
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[673b0d8] | 1120 |
|
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| 1121 | </sect1>
|
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