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[cbbd1e4] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-glibc" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?> |
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[3f8be484] | 10 | |
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[d785e9d] | 11 | <title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 12 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc"> |
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[d785e9d] | 14 | <primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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[d785e9d] | 20 | <para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides |
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[3f8be484] | 21 | the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and |
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| 22 | closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching, |
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| 23 | arithmetic, and so on.</para> |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | </sect2> |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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[d785e9d] | 28 | <title>Installation of Glibc</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 29 | |
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| 30 | <note os="z"> |
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[a1fb12f] | 31 | <para>Some packages outside of CLFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in |
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[3f8be484] | 32 | order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's |
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| 33 | home page (<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says |
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| 34 | <quote>This library provides an <function>iconv()</function> |
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| 35 | implementation, for use on systems which don't have one, or whose |
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[d785e9d] | 36 | implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.</quote> Glibc provides |
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[3f8be484] | 37 | an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can convert from/to |
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[a1fb12f] | 38 | Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on a CLFS system.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 39 | </note> |
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| 40 | |
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[22cd957] | 41 | <para os="l1">At the end of the installation, the build system will run |
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| 42 | a sanity test to make sure everything installed properly. This script will |
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| 43 | attempt to test for a library that is only used in the test suite and is |
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| 44 | never installed. Prevent the script from testing for this library with the |
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| 45 | following command:</para> |
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[d8f87e8] | 46 | |
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[22cd957] | 47 | <screen os="l2"><userinput>sed -i 's/\(&& $name ne\) "db1"/ & \1 "nss_test1"/' scripts/test-installation.pl</userinput></screen> |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | <para os="l3">This same script performs its tests by attempting to compile |
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| 50 | test programs against certain libraries. However it does not specify the |
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| 51 | ld.so, and our toolchain is still configured to use the one in /tools. The |
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| 52 | following set of commands will force the script to use the complete path |
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| 53 | of the new ld.so that was just installed:</para> |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | <screen os="l4"><userinput>LINKER=$(readelf -l /tools/bin/bash | sed -n 's@.*interpret.*/tools\(.*\)]$@\1@p') |
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[d8f87e8] | 56 | sed -i "s|libs -o|libs -L/usr/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker=${LINKER} -o|" \ |
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| 57 | scripts/test-installation.pl |
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| 58 | unset LINKER</userinput></screen> |
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| 59 | |
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[d785e9d] | 60 | <para os="b">The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install |
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[3f8be484] | 61 | perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still |
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| 62 | pointing at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs |
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[d785e9d] | 63 | and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the |
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| 64 | Glibc Autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal |
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[3f8be484] | 65 | of achieving a clean build.</para> |
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| 66 | |
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[bfd8749] | 67 | <para os="s1">Apply the following sed so the <command>tzselect</command> script works properly:</para> |
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[00a58649] | 68 | |
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[bfd8749] | 69 | <screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i 's/\\$$(pwd)/`pwd`/' timezone/Makefile</userinput></screen> |
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[00a58649] | 70 | |
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[d785e9d] | 71 | <para os="e">The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 72 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 73 | <screen os="f"><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build |
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| 74 | cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 75 | |
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[d785e9d] | 76 | <para os="g">Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 77 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 78 | <screen os="h"><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \ |
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[2546e2d] | 79 | --disable-profile --enable-kernel=&glibc-kernel-version; --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc \ |
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[52ed4da] | 80 | --enable-obsolete-rpc</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 81 | |
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| 82 | <variablelist os="i"> |
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| 83 | <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title> |
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| 84 | |
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| 85 | <varlistentry> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 86 | <term><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</parameter></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 87 | <listitem> |
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[b5bd3744] | 88 | <para>This changes the location of the <command>getconf</command> |
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| 89 | utility from its default of <filename |
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[3f8be484] | 90 | class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to <filename |
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[cbbd1e4] | 91 | class="directory">/usr/lib/glibc</filename>.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 92 | </listitem> |
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| 93 | </varlistentry> |
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| 94 | </variablelist> |
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| 95 | |
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| 96 | <para os="j">Compile the package:</para> |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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| 99 | |
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| 100 | <important os="l"> |
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[d785e9d] | 101 | <para>The test suite for Glibc is considered critical. |
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[3f8be484] | 102 | Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para> |
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| 103 | </important> |
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| 104 | |
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[33346dd] | 105 | <para os="m">Use the following commands to run the test suite and output |
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[37957f4] | 106 | any test failures:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 107 | |
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| 108 | <!-- items n,o,p no longer the master, use x86_64 which has no failures --> |
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| 109 | |
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[37957f4] | 110 | <screen os="n"><userinput remap="test">make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log; grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 111 | |
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[d785e9d] | 112 | <para os="o">The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of |
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[767a2a5] | 113 | the host system, in particular the kernel. The <emphasis>posix/annexc</emphasis> and |
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| 114 | <emphasis>conform/run-conformtest</emphasis> tests normally fail |
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[10b2850] | 115 | and you should see <literal>Error 1 (ignored)</literal> in the output. Apart |
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[d785e9d] | 116 | from this, the Glibc test suite is always expected to pass. However, in certain |
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[10b2850] | 117 | circumstances, some failures are unavoidable. If a test fails because of a missing |
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| 118 | program (or missing symbolic link), or a segfault, you will see an error code |
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| 119 | greater than 127 and the details will be in the log. More commonly, tests will |
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| 120 | fail with <literal>Error 2</literal> - for these, the contents of the corresponding |
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| 121 | <filename>.out</filename> file, e.g. <filename>posix/annexc.out</filename> may be |
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| 122 | informative. Here is a list of the most common issues:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 123 | |
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| 124 | <itemizedlist os="p"> |
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[767a2a5] | 125 | <listitem> |
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| 126 | <para>The <emphasis>nptl/tst-clock2</emphasis>, |
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| 127 | <emphasis>nptl/tst-attr3</emphasis>, |
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| 128 | <emphasis>tst/tst-cputimer1</emphasis>, and |
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| 129 | <emphasis>rt/tst-cpuclock2</emphasis> |
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| 130 | tests have been known to fail. The |
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| 131 | reason is not completely understood, but indications are that minor |
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| 132 | timing issues can trigger these failures.</para> |
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| 133 | </listitem> |
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[3f8be484] | 134 | <listitem> |
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[3514708] | 135 | <para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail. |
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| 136 | Certain optimization settings are known to be a |
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| 137 | factor here.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 138 | </listitem> |
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| 139 | <listitem> |
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[fb40919] | 140 | <para>If you have mounted the CLFS partition with the |
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[3f8be484] | 141 | <parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test |
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| 142 | will fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="ch-partitioning-mounting"/>, |
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| 143 | do not use the <parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building |
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[fb40919] | 144 | CLFS.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 145 | </listitem> |
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| 146 | <listitem> |
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| 147 | <para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests |
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[767a2a5] | 148 | can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded. |
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| 149 | Modifying the make check command to set a TIMEOUTFACTOR is reported to |
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| 150 | help eliminate these errors (e.g. <command>TIMEOUTFACTOR=16 |
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| 151 | make -k check</command>).</para> |
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| 152 | </listitem> |
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| 153 | <listitem> |
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| 154 | <para>posix/tst-getaddrinfo4 will always fail due to not having a network |
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| 155 | connection when the test is run.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 156 | </listitem> |
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| 157 | </itemizedlist> |
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| 158 | |
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[d785e9d] | 159 | <para os="q">Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will |
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[3f8be484] | 160 | complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>. |
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| 161 | Prevent this warning with:</para> |
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| 162 | |
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| 163 | <screen os="r"><userinput>touch /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen> |
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| 164 | |
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[e57ce38] | 165 | <para os="s">Install the package, and remove unneeded files from |
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| 166 | <filename class="directory">/usr/include/rpcsvc</filename>:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 167 | |
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[e57ce38] | 168 | <screen os="t"><userinput>make install && |
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| 169 | rm -v /usr/include/rpcsvc/*.x</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 170 | |
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[cf9aa7e] | 171 | <para os="u">Install the configuration file and runtime directory for |
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[dff9ef7] | 172 | <command>nscd</command>:</para> |
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[cf9aa7e] | 173 | |
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| 174 | <screen os="v"><userinput>cp -v ../glibc-2.19/nscd/nscd.conf /etc/nscd.conf |
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| 175 | mkdir -pv /var/cache/nscd</userinput></screen> |
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| 176 | |
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[3f8be484] | 177 | </sect2> |
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| 178 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 179 | <sect2 id="i18n-glibc" role="configuration"> |
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[3f8be484] | 180 | <title>Internationalization</title> |
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| 181 | |
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| 182 | <para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different |
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[5a321cb] | 183 | language were not installed by the above command. Install them |
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[3f8be484] | 184 | with:</para> |
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| 185 | |
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| 186 | <screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen> |
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| 187 | |
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| 188 | <para>To save time, an alternative to running the previous command (which |
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[643f8be] | 189 | generates and installs every locale listed in the |
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[cbbd1e4] | 190 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file) is |
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[e7aadbe] | 191 | to install only those locales that are wanted and needed. This can be |
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| 192 | achieved by using the <command>localedef</command> command. Information on |
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| 193 | this command is located in the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the |
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[d785e9d] | 194 | Glibc source. However, there are a number of locales that are essential in |
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[e7aadbe] | 195 | order for the tests of future packages to pass, in particular, the |
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[3f8be484] | 196 | <emphasis>libstdc++</emphasis> tests from GCC. The following instructions, |
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| 197 | instead of the <parameter>install-locales</parameter> target used above, |
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| 198 | will install the minimum set of locales necessary for the tests to run |
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| 199 | successfully:</para> |
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| 200 | |
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[3a3e135] | 201 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale |
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[8a10f1c] | 202 | localedef -i cs_CZ -f UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8 |
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[3f8be484] | 203 | localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE |
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| 204 | localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro |
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| 205 | localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK |
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| 206 | localedef -i en_PH -f ISO-8859-1 en_PH |
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| 207 | localedef -i en_US -f ISO-8859-1 en_US |
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| 208 | localedef -i es_MX -f ISO-8859-1 es_MX |
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| 209 | localedef -i fa_IR -f UTF-8 fa_IR |
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| 210 | localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR |
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| 211 | localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro |
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| 212 | localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT |
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| 213 | localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen> |
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| 214 | |
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| 215 | <para>Some locales installed by the <command>make |
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| 216 | localedata/install-locales</command> command above are not properly |
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[e3a8717] | 217 | supported by some applications that are in CLFS and CBLFS. Because |
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[3f8be484] | 218 | of the various problems that arise due to application programmers making |
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[fb40919] | 219 | assumptions that break in such locales, CLFS should not be used in locales |
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[3f8be484] | 220 | that utilize multibyte character sets (including UTF-8) or right-to-left |
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| 221 | writing order. Numerous unofficial and unstable patches are required to |
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[fb40919] | 222 | fix these problems, and it has been decided by the CLFS developers not to |
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[643f8be] | 223 | support such complex locales at this time. This applies to the ja_JP and |
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| 224 | fa_IR locales as well—they have been installed only for GCC and |
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| 225 | Gettext tests to pass, and the <command>watch</command> program (part of |
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[8184788] | 226 | the Procps-ng package) does not work properly in them. Various attempts to |
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[643f8be] | 227 | circumvent these restrictions are documented in internationalization-related |
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| 228 | hints.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 229 | |
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| 230 | </sect2> |
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| 231 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 232 | <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration"> |
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[d785e9d] | 233 | <title>Configuring Glibc</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 234 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 235 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 236 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary> |
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| 237 | </indexterm> |
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| 238 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 239 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 240 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary> |
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| 241 | </indexterm> |
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| 242 | |
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| 243 | <para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created |
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[d785e9d] | 244 | because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or |
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| 245 | corrupt, the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. |
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[3f8be484] | 246 | The time zone also needs to be configured.</para> |
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| 247 | |
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| 248 | <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running |
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| 249 | the following:</para> |
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| 250 | |
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| 251 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF" |
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| 252 | <literal># Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf |
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| 253 | |
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| 254 | passwd: files |
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| 255 | group: files |
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| 256 | shadow: files |
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| 257 | |
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| 258 | hosts: files dns |
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| 259 | networks: files |
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| 260 | |
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| 261 | protocols: files |
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| 262 | services: files |
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| 263 | ethers: files |
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| 264 | rpc: files |
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| 265 | |
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| 266 | # End /etc/nsswitch.conf</literal> |
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| 267 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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| 268 | |
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[52ed4da] | 269 | <para>Install timezone data:</para> |
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| 270 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz |
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| 271 | |
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| 272 | ZONEINFO=/usr/share/zoneinfo |
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| 273 | mkdir -pv $ZONEINFO/{posix,right} |
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| 274 | |
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| 275 | for tz in etcetera southamerica northamerica europe africa antarctica \ |
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[6e778c3] | 276 | asia australasia backward pacificnew \ |
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[52ed4da] | 277 | systemv; do |
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| 278 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} |
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| 279 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO/posix -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} |
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| 280 | zic -L leapseconds -d $ZONEINFO/right -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} |
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| 281 | done |
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| 282 | |
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| 283 | cp -v zone.tab iso3166.tab $ZONEINFO |
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| 284 | zic -d $ZONEINFO -p America/New_York |
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| 285 | unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen> |
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| 286 | |
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| 287 | <variablelist> |
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| 288 | <title>The meaning of the zic commands:</title> |
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| 289 | |
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| 290 | <varlistentry> |
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| 291 | <term><parameter>zic -L /dev/null ...</parameter></term> |
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| 292 | <listitem> |
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| 293 | <para>This creates posix timezones, without any leap seconds. It is |
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| 294 | conventional to put these in both |
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| 295 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename> and |
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| 296 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is |
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| 297 | necessary to put the POSIX timezones in |
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| 298 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various |
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| 299 | test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is |
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| 300 | tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save |
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| 301 | 1.9MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename> |
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| 302 | directory, but some applications or test-suites might give less good |
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| 303 | results</para> |
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| 304 | </listitem> |
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| 305 | </varlistentry> |
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| 306 | <varlistentry> |
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| 307 | <term><parameter>zic -L leapseconds ...</parameter></term> |
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| 308 | <listitem> |
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| 309 | <para>This creates right timezones, including leap seconds. On an |
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| 310 | embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to |
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| 311 | ever update the timezones, or care about the correct time, you could |
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| 312 | save 1.9MB by omitting the <filename class="directory">right</filename> |
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| 313 | directory.</para> |
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| 314 | </listitem> |
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| 315 | </varlistentry> |
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| 316 | <varlistentry> |
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| 317 | <term><parameter>zic ... -p ...</parameter></term> |
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| 318 | <listitem> |
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| 319 | <para>This creates the <filename>posixrules</filename> file. We use |
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| 320 | New York because POSIX requires the daylight savings time rules |
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| 321 | to be in accordance with US rules.</para> |
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| 322 | </listitem> |
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| 323 | </varlistentry> |
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| 324 | </variablelist> |
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| 325 | |
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[3f8be484] | 326 | <para>To determine the local time zone, run the following script:</para> |
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| 327 | |
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[0f3854e] | 328 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 329 | |
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| 330 | <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will |
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| 331 | output the name of the time zone (e.g., <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or |
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| 332 | <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>). Then create the |
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| 333 | <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para> |
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| 334 | |
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[63cad62f] | 335 | <screen><userinput>cp -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \ |
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[3f8be484] | 336 | /etc/localtime</userinput></screen> |
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| 337 | |
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| 338 | <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone |
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| 339 | that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para> |
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| 340 | |
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| 341 | </sect2> |
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| 342 | |
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| 343 | <sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration"> |
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[0b637f1] | 344 | <title>Configuring The Dynamic Loader</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 345 | |
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| 346 | <indexterm zone="conf-ld"> |
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| 347 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary> |
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| 348 | </indexterm> |
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| 349 | |
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[3998188] | 350 | <para os="ld-a">By default, the dynamic loader (<filename |
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[3f8be484] | 351 | class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through |
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| 352 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename |
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| 353 | class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are |
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| 354 | needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in |
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| 355 | directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and |
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| 356 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be |
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| 357 | added to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order |
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| 358 | for the dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly |
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| 359 | known to contain additional libraries are <filename |
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| 360 | class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename |
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| 361 | class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the |
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| 362 | dynamic loader's search path.</para> |
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| 363 | |
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[3998188] | 364 | <para os="ld-b">Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the |
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[3f8be484] | 365 | following:</para> |
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| 366 | |
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[3998188] | 367 | <screen os="ld-c"><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF" |
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[3f8be484] | 368 | <literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf |
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| 369 | |
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| 370 | /usr/local/lib |
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| 371 | /opt/lib |
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| 372 | |
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| 373 | # End /etc/ld.so.conf</literal> |
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| 374 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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| 375 | |
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| 376 | </sect2> |
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| 377 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 378 | <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content"> |
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[d785e9d] | 379 | <title>Contents of Glibc</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 380 | |
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| 381 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 382 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 383 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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[61ad0b7f] | 384 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> |
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[3f8be484] | 385 | |
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| 386 | <seglistitem> |
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| 387 | <seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig, |
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[2b220db9] | 388 | ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, makedb, mtrace, nscd, |
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[6d3523f] | 389 | pcprofiledump, pldd, rpcgen, sln, sotruss, sprof, tzselect, xtrace, |
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[c2102b28] | 390 | zdump, zic</seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 391 | <seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so], libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so], |
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[aeb5c611] | 392 | libc.[a,so], libc_nonshared.a, libcidn.[a,so], libcrypt.[a,so], |
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| 393 | libdl.[a,so], libg.a, libieee.a, libm.[a,so], libmcheck.a, |
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| 394 | libmemusage.so, libnsl.a, libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, |
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[188b6b2] | 395 | libnss_files.so, libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, |
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| 396 | libpcprofile.so, libpthread.[a,so], libpthread_nonshared.a, |
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[c2102b28] | 397 | libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so], libthread_db.so, |
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[3f8be484] | 398 | libutil.[a,so]</seg> |
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[61ad0b7f] | 399 | <seg>/usr/include/arpa, /usr/include/bits, /usr/include/gnu, |
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| 400 | /usr/include/net, /usr/include/netash, /usr/include/netatalk, |
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| 401 | /usr/include/netax25, /usr/include/neteconet, /usr/include/netinet, |
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| 402 | /usr/include/netipx, /usr/include/netiucv, /usr/include/netpacket, |
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| 403 | /usr/include/netrom, /usr/include/netrose, /usr/include/nfs, |
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| 404 | /usr/include/protocols, /usr/include/rpc, /usr/include/rpcsvc, |
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[6d3523f] | 405 | /usr/include/sys, /usr/lib/audit, /usr/lib/gconv, /usr/lib/glibc, /usr/lib/locale, |
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[c2102b28] | 406 | /usr/share/i18n, /usr/share/zoneinfo, /var/cache/ldconfig, |
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[cf9aa7e] | 407 | /var/cache/nscd</seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 408 | </seglistitem> |
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| 409 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 410 | |
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| 411 | <variablelist> |
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| 412 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 413 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 414 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 415 | |
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| 416 | <varlistentry id="catchsegv"> |
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| 417 | <term><command>catchsegv</command></term> |
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| 418 | <listitem> |
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| 419 | <para>Can be used to create a stack trace when a program |
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| 420 | terminates with a segmentation fault</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 421 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv"> |
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[3f8be484] | 422 | <primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary> |
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| 423 | </indexterm> |
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| 424 | </listitem> |
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| 425 | </varlistentry> |
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| 426 | |
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| 427 | <varlistentry id="gencat"> |
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| 428 | <term><command>gencat</command></term> |
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| 429 | <listitem> |
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| 430 | <para>Generates message catalogues</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 431 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat"> |
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[3f8be484] | 432 | <primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary> |
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| 433 | </indexterm> |
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| 434 | </listitem> |
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| 435 | </varlistentry> |
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| 436 | |
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| 437 | <varlistentry id="getconf"> |
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| 438 | <term><command>getconf</command></term> |
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| 439 | <listitem> |
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| 440 | <para>Displays the system configuration values for file system specific |
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| 441 | variables</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 442 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf"> |
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[3f8be484] | 443 | <primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary> |
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| 444 | </indexterm> |
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| 445 | </listitem> |
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| 446 | </varlistentry> |
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| 447 | |
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| 448 | <varlistentry id="getent"> |
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| 449 | <term><command>getent</command></term> |
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| 450 | <listitem> |
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| 451 | <para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 452 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent"> |
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[3f8be484] | 453 | <primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary> |
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| 454 | </indexterm> |
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| 455 | </listitem> |
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| 456 | </varlistentry> |
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| 457 | |
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| 458 | <varlistentry id="iconv"> |
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| 459 | <term><command>iconv</command></term> |
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| 460 | <listitem> |
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| 461 | <para>Performs character set conversion</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 462 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv"> |
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[3f8be484] | 463 | <primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary> |
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| 464 | </indexterm> |
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| 465 | </listitem> |
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| 466 | </varlistentry> |
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| 467 | |
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| 468 | <varlistentry id="iconvconfig"> |
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| 469 | <term><command>iconvconfig</command></term> |
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| 470 | <listitem> |
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| 471 | <para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration |
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| 472 | files</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 473 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig"> |
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[3f8be484] | 474 | <primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary> |
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| 475 | </indexterm> |
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| 476 | </listitem> |
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| 477 | </varlistentry> |
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| 478 | |
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| 479 | <varlistentry id="ldconfig"> |
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| 480 | <term><command>ldconfig</command></term> |
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| 481 | <listitem> |
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| 482 | <para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 483 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig"> |
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[3f8be484] | 484 | <primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary> |
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| 485 | </indexterm> |
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| 486 | </listitem> |
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| 487 | </varlistentry> |
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| 488 | |
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| 489 | <varlistentry id="ldd"> |
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| 490 | <term><command>ldd</command></term> |
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| 491 | <listitem> |
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| 492 | <para>Reports which shared libraries are required |
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| 493 | by each given program or shared library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 494 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd"> |
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[3f8be484] | 495 | <primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary> |
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| 496 | </indexterm> |
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| 497 | </listitem> |
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| 498 | </varlistentry> |
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| 499 | |
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| 500 | <varlistentry id="lddlibc4"> |
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| 501 | <term><command>lddlibc4</command></term> |
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| 502 | <listitem> |
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| 503 | <para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 504 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4"> |
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[3f8be484] | 505 | <primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary> |
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| 506 | </indexterm> |
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| 507 | </listitem> |
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| 508 | </varlistentry> |
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| 509 | |
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| 510 | <varlistentry id="locale"> |
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| 511 | <term><command>locale</command></term> |
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| 512 | <listitem> |
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| 513 | <para>Tells the compiler to enable or disable the use of POSIX locales |
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| 514 | for built-in operations</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 515 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale"> |
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[3f8be484] | 516 | <primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary> |
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| 517 | </indexterm> |
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| 518 | </listitem> |
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| 519 | </varlistentry> |
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| 520 | |
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| 521 | <varlistentry id="localedef"> |
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| 522 | <term><command>localedef</command></term> |
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| 523 | <listitem> |
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| 524 | <para>Compiles locale specifications</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 525 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef"> |
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[3f8be484] | 526 | <primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary> |
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| 527 | </indexterm> |
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| 528 | </listitem> |
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| 529 | </varlistentry> |
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| 530 | |
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[2b220db9] | 531 | <varlistentry id="makedb"> |
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| 532 | <term><command>makedb</command></term> |
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| 533 | <listitem> |
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| 534 | <para>Creates a simple database from textual input</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 535 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc makedb"> |
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[2b220db9] | 536 | <primary sortas="b-makedb">makedb</primary> |
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| 537 | </indexterm> |
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| 538 | </listitem> |
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| 539 | </varlistentry> |
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| 540 | |
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[3f8be484] | 541 | <varlistentry id="mtrace"> |
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| 542 | <term><command>mtrace</command></term> |
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| 543 | <listitem> |
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| 544 | <para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and |
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| 545 | displays a summary in human-readable format</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 546 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"> |
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[3f8be484] | 547 | <primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary> |
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| 548 | </indexterm> |
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| 549 | </listitem> |
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| 550 | </varlistentry> |
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| 551 | |
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| 552 | <varlistentry id="nscd"> |
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| 553 | <term><command>nscd</command></term> |
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| 554 | <listitem> |
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| 555 | <para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name |
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| 556 | service requests</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 557 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd"> |
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[3f8be484] | 558 | <primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary> |
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| 559 | </indexterm> |
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| 560 | </listitem> |
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| 561 | </varlistentry> |
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| 562 | |
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| 563 | <varlistentry id="pcprofiledump"> |
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| 564 | <term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term> |
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| 565 | <listitem> |
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| 566 | <para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 567 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump"> |
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[3f8be484] | 568 | <primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary> |
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| 569 | </indexterm> |
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| 570 | </listitem> |
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| 571 | </varlistentry> |
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| 572 | |
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[2b220db9] | 573 | <varlistentry id="pldd"> |
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| 574 | <term><command>pldd</command></term> |
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| 575 | <listitem> |
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| 576 | <para>Lists dynamic shared objects used by running processes</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 577 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pldd"> |
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[2b220db9] | 578 | <primary sortas="b-pldd">pldd</primary> |
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| 579 | </indexterm> |
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| 580 | </listitem> |
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| 581 | </varlistentry> |
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| 582 | |
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[3f8be484] | 583 | <varlistentry id="rpcgen"> |
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| 584 | <term><command>rpcgen</command></term> |
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| 585 | <listitem> |
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| 586 | <para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure Call (RPC) |
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| 587 | protocol</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 588 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen"> |
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[3f8be484] | 589 | <primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary> |
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| 590 | </indexterm> |
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| 591 | </listitem> |
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| 592 | </varlistentry> |
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| 593 | |
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| 594 | <varlistentry id="sln"> |
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| 595 | <term><command>sln</command></term> |
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| 596 | <listitem> |
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[7087cbc] | 597 | <para>A statically linked program that creates symbolic links</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 598 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln"> |
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[3f8be484] | 599 | <primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary> |
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| 600 | </indexterm> |
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| 601 | </listitem> |
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| 602 | </varlistentry> |
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| 603 | |
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[2b220db9] | 604 | <varlistentry id="sotruss"> |
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| 605 | <term><command>sotruss</command></term> |
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| 606 | <listitem> |
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| 607 | <para>Traces shared library procedure calls of a specified command</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 608 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sotruss"> |
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[2b220db9] | 609 | <primary sortas="b-sotruss">sotruss</primary> |
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| 610 | </indexterm> |
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| 611 | </listitem> |
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| 612 | </varlistentry> |
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| 613 | |
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[3f8be484] | 614 | <varlistentry id="sprof"> |
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| 615 | <term><command>sprof</command></term> |
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| 616 | <listitem> |
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| 617 | <para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 618 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof"> |
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[3f8be484] | 619 | <primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary> |
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| 620 | </indexterm> |
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| 621 | </listitem> |
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| 622 | </varlistentry> |
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| 623 | |
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| 624 | <varlistentry id="tzselect"> |
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| 625 | <term><command>tzselect</command></term> |
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| 626 | <listitem> |
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| 627 | <para>Asks the user about the location of the |
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| 628 | system and reports the corresponding time zone description</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 629 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect"> |
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[3f8be484] | 630 | <primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary> |
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| 631 | </indexterm> |
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| 632 | </listitem> |
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| 633 | </varlistentry> |
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| 634 | |
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| 635 | <varlistentry id="xtrace"> |
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| 636 | <term><command>xtrace</command></term> |
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| 637 | <listitem> |
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| 638 | <para>Traces the execution of a program by |
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| 639 | printing the currently executed function</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 640 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace"> |
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[3f8be484] | 641 | <primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary> |
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| 642 | </indexterm> |
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| 643 | </listitem> |
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| 644 | </varlistentry> |
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| 645 | |
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| 646 | <varlistentry id="zdump"> |
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| 647 | <term><command>zdump</command></term> |
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| 648 | <listitem> |
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| 649 | <para>The time zone dumper</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 650 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump"> |
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[3f8be484] | 651 | <primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary> |
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| 652 | </indexterm> |
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| 653 | </listitem> |
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| 654 | </varlistentry> |
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| 655 | |
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| 656 | <varlistentry id="zic"> |
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| 657 | <term><command>zic</command></term> |
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| 658 | <listitem> |
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| 659 | <para>The time zone compiler</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 660 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic"> |
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[3f8be484] | 661 | <primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary> |
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| 662 | </indexterm> |
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| 663 | </listitem> |
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| 664 | </varlistentry> |
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| 665 | |
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| 666 | <varlistentry id="ld.so"> |
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| 667 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term> |
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| 668 | <listitem> |
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| 669 | <para>The helper program for shared library executables</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 670 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so"> |
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[3f8be484] | 671 | <primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary> |
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| 672 | </indexterm> |
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| 673 | </listitem> |
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| 674 | </varlistentry> |
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| 675 | |
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| 676 | <varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale"> |
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| 677 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term> |
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| 678 | <listitem> |
---|
| 679 | <para>Used by programs, such as Mozilla, to solve broken locales</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 680 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale"> |
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[3f8be484] | 681 | <primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary> |
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| 682 | </indexterm> |
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| 683 | </listitem> |
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| 684 | </varlistentry> |
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| 685 | |
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| 686 | <varlistentry id="libSegFault"> |
---|
| 687 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term> |
---|
| 688 | <listitem> |
---|
| 689 | <para>The segmentation fault signal handler</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 690 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault"> |
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[3f8be484] | 691 | <primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary> |
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| 692 | </indexterm> |
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| 693 | </listitem> |
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| 694 | </varlistentry> |
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| 695 | |
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| 696 | <varlistentry id="libanl"> |
---|
| 697 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term> |
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| 698 | <listitem> |
---|
| 699 | <para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 700 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl"> |
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[3f8be484] | 701 | <primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary> |
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| 702 | </indexterm> |
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| 703 | </listitem> |
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| 704 | </varlistentry> |
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| 705 | |
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| 706 | <varlistentry id="libc"> |
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| 707 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term> |
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| 708 | <listitem> |
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| 709 | <para>The main C library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 710 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 711 | <primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary> |
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| 712 | </indexterm> |
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| 713 | </listitem> |
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| 714 | </varlistentry> |
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| 715 | |
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[188b6b2] | 716 | <varlistentry id="libcidn"> |
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| 717 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcidn</filename></term> |
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| 718 | <listitem> |
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[d785e9d] | 719 | <para>Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain |
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[188b6b2] | 720 | names in the <function>getaddrinfo()</function> function</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 721 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcidn"> |
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[188b6b2] | 722 | <primary sortas="c-libcidn">libcidn</primary> |
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| 723 | </indexterm> |
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| 724 | </listitem> |
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| 725 | </varlistentry> |
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| 726 | |
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[3f8be484] | 727 | <varlistentry id="libcrypt"> |
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| 728 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term> |
---|
| 729 | <listitem> |
---|
| 730 | <para>The cryptography library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 731 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"> |
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[3f8be484] | 732 | <primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary> |
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| 733 | </indexterm> |
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| 734 | </listitem> |
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| 735 | </varlistentry> |
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| 736 | |
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| 737 | <varlistentry id="libdl"> |
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| 738 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term> |
---|
| 739 | <listitem> |
---|
| 740 | <para>The dynamic linking interface library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 741 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl"> |
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[3f8be484] | 742 | <primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary> |
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| 743 | </indexterm> |
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| 744 | </listitem> |
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| 745 | </varlistentry> |
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| 746 | |
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| 747 | <varlistentry id="libg"> |
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| 748 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term> |
---|
| 749 | <listitem> |
---|
| 750 | <para>A runtime library for <command>g++</command></para> |
---|
[cbbd1e4] | 751 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg"> |
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[3f8be484] | 752 | <primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary> |
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| 753 | </indexterm> |
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| 754 | </listitem> |
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| 755 | </varlistentry> |
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| 756 | |
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| 757 | <varlistentry id="libieee"> |
---|
| 758 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term> |
---|
| 759 | <listitem> |
---|
| 760 | <para>The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) |
---|
| 761 | floating point library</para> |
---|
[cbbd1e4] | 762 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee"> |
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[3f8be484] | 763 | <primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary> |
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| 764 | </indexterm> |
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| 765 | </listitem> |
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| 766 | </varlistentry> |
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| 767 | |
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| 768 | <varlistentry id="libm"> |
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| 769 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term> |
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| 770 | <listitem> |
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| 771 | <para>The mathematical library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 772 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm"> |
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[3f8be484] | 773 | <primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary> |
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| 774 | </indexterm> |
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| 775 | </listitem> |
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| 776 | </varlistentry> |
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| 777 | |
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| 778 | <varlistentry id="libmcheck"> |
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| 779 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term> |
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| 780 | <listitem> |
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| 781 | <para>Contains code run at boot</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 782 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck"> |
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[3f8be484] | 783 | <primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary> |
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| 784 | </indexterm> |
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| 785 | </listitem> |
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| 786 | </varlistentry> |
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| 787 | |
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| 788 | <varlistentry id="libmemusage"> |
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| 789 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term> |
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| 790 | <listitem> |
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[d785e9d] | 791 | <para>Used by <command>memusage</command> (included in Glibc, but |
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[7087cbc] | 792 | not built in a base CLFS system as it has additional dependencies) |
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| 793 | to help collect information about the memory usage of a program</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 794 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage"> |
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[3f8be484] | 795 | <primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary> |
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| 796 | </indexterm> |
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| 797 | </listitem> |
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| 798 | </varlistentry> |
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| 799 | |
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| 800 | <varlistentry id="libnsl"> |
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| 801 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term> |
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| 802 | <listitem> |
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| 803 | <para>The network services library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 804 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl"> |
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[3f8be484] | 805 | <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary> |
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| 806 | </indexterm> |
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| 807 | </listitem> |
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| 808 | </varlistentry> |
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| 809 | |
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| 810 | <varlistentry id="libnss"> |
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| 811 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term> |
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| 812 | <listitem> |
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| 813 | <para>The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for |
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| 814 | resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services, |
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| 815 | protocols, etc.</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 816 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"> |
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[3f8be484] | 817 | <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary> |
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| 818 | </indexterm> |
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| 819 | </listitem> |
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| 820 | </varlistentry> |
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| 821 | |
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| 822 | <varlistentry id="libpcprofile"> |
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| 823 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term> |
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| 824 | <listitem> |
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| 825 | <para>Contains profiling functions used to track the amount of CPU |
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| 826 | time spent in specific source code lines</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 827 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile"> |
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[3f8be484] | 828 | <primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary> |
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| 829 | </indexterm> |
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| 830 | </listitem> |
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| 831 | </varlistentry> |
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| 832 | |
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| 833 | <varlistentry id="libpthread"> |
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| 834 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term> |
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| 835 | <listitem> |
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| 836 | <para>The POSIX threads library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 837 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread"> |
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[3f8be484] | 838 | <primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary> |
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| 839 | </indexterm> |
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| 840 | </listitem> |
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| 841 | </varlistentry> |
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| 842 | |
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| 843 | <varlistentry id="libresolv"> |
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| 844 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term> |
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| 845 | <listitem> |
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| 846 | <para>Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting |
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| 847 | packets to the Internet domain name servers</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 848 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv"> |
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[3f8be484] | 849 | <primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary> |
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| 850 | </indexterm> |
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| 851 | </listitem> |
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| 852 | </varlistentry> |
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| 853 | |
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| 854 | <varlistentry id="librpcsvc"> |
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| 855 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term> |
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| 856 | <listitem> |
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| 857 | <para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 858 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 859 | <primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary> |
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| 860 | </indexterm> |
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| 861 | </listitem> |
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| 862 | </varlistentry> |
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| 863 | |
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| 864 | <varlistentry id="librt"> |
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| 865 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term> |
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| 866 | <listitem> |
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| 867 | <para>Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified by |
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| 868 | the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 869 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt"> |
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[3f8be484] | 870 | <primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary> |
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| 871 | </indexterm> |
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| 872 | </listitem> |
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| 873 | </varlistentry> |
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| 874 | |
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| 875 | <varlistentry id="libthread_db"> |
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| 876 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term> |
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| 877 | <listitem> |
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| 878 | <para>Contains functions useful for |
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| 879 | building debuggers for multi-threaded programs</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 880 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db"> |
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[3f8be484] | 881 | <primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary> |
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| 882 | </indexterm> |
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| 883 | </listitem> |
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| 884 | </varlistentry> |
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| 885 | |
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| 886 | <varlistentry id="libutil"> |
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| 887 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term> |
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| 888 | <listitem> |
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| 889 | <para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in |
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| 890 | many different Unix utilities</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 891 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil"> |
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[3f8be484] | 892 | <primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary> |
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| 893 | </indexterm> |
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| 894 | </listitem> |
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| 895 | </varlistentry> |
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| 896 | |
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| 897 | </variablelist> |
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| 898 | |
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| 899 | </sect2> |
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| 900 | |
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| 901 | </sect1> |
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