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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-glibc" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary>
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| 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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| 20 | <para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides
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| 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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| 28 | <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <note os="z">
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| 31 | <para>Some packages outside of CLFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in
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| 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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| 36 | implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.</quote> Glibc provides
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| 37 | an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can convert from/to
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| 38 | Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on a CLFS system.</para>
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| 39 | </note>
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| 40 |
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| 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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| 46 |
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| 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\(.*\)]$@\1@p')
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| 56 | sed -i "s|libs -o|libs -L/usr/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker=${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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| 60 | <para os="b">The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install
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| 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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| 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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| 65 | of achieving a clean build.</para>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <para os="s1">Apply the following sed so the <command>tzselect</command> script works properly:</para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i 's/\\$$(pwd)/`pwd`/' timezone/Makefile</userinput></screen>
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| 70 |
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| 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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| 72 |
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| 73 | <screen os="f"><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
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| 74 | cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <para os="g">Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <screen os="h"><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 79 | --disable-profile --enable-kernel=2.6.32 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc \
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| 80 | --enable-obsolete-rpc</userinput></screen>
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| 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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| 86 | <term><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</parameter></term>
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| 87 | <listitem>
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| 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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| 90 | class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to <filename
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| 91 | class="directory">/usr/lib/glibc</filename>.</para>
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| 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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| 101 | <para>The test suite for Glibc is considered critical.
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| 102 | Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para>
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| 103 | </important>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para os="m">Use the following commands to run the test suite and output
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| 106 | any test failures:</para>
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| 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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| 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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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para os="o">The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of
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| 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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| 115 | and you should see <literal>Error 1 (ignored)</literal> in the output. Apart
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| 116 | from this, the Glibc test suite is always expected to pass. However, in certain
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| 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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| 123 |
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| 124 | <itemizedlist os="p">
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| 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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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 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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| 138 | </listitem>
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| 139 | <listitem>
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| 140 | <para>If you have mounted the CLFS partition with the
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| 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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| 144 | CLFS.</para>
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| 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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| 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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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </itemizedlist>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para os="q">Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will
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| 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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| 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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| 167 |
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| 168 | <screen os="t"><userinput>make install &&
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| 169 | rm -v /usr/include/rpcsvc/*.x</userinput></screen>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <para os="u">Install the configuration file and runtime directory for
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| 172 | <command>nscd</command>:</para>
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| 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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| 177 | </sect2>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <sect2 id="i18n-glibc" role="configuration">
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| 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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| 183 | language were not installed by the above command. Install them
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| 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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| 189 | generates and installs every locale listed in the
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| 190 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file) is
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| 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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| 194 | Glibc source. However, there are a number of locales that are essential in
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| 195 | order for the tests of future packages to pass, in particular, the
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| 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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| 201 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
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| 202 | localedef -i cs_CZ -f UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8
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| 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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| 217 | supported by some applications that are in CLFS and CBLFS. Because
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| 218 | of the various problems that arise due to application programmers making
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| 219 | assumptions that break in such locales, CLFS should not be used in locales
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| 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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| 222 | fix these problems, and it has been decided by the CLFS developers not to
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| 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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| 226 | the Procps-ng package) does not work properly in them. Various attempts to
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| 227 | circumvent these restrictions are documented in internationalization-related
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| 228 | hints.</para>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | </sect2>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration">
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| 233 | <title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 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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| 239 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 276 | asia australasia backward pacificnew \
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| 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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| 326 | <para>To determine the local time zone, run the following script:</para>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen>
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| 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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| 335 | <screen><userinput>cp -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
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| 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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| 344 | <title>Configuring The Dynamic Loader</title>
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| 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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| 350 | <para os="ld-a">By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
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| 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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| 364 | <para os="ld-b">Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
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| 365 | following:</para>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <screen os="ld-c"><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
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| 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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| 378 | <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content">
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| 379 | <title>Contents of Glibc</title>
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| 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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| 384 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <seglistitem>
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| 387 | <seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig,
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| 388 | ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, makedb, mtrace, nscd,
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| 389 | pcprofiledump, pldd, rpcgen, sln, sotruss, sprof, tzselect, xtrace,
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| 390 | zdump, and zic</seg>
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| 391 | <seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so], libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so],
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| 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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| 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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| 397 | libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so], libthread_db.so, and
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| 398 | libutil.[a,so]</seg>
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| 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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| 405 | /usr/include/sys, /usr/lib/audit, /usr/lib/gconv, /usr/lib/glibc, /usr/lib/locale,
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| 406 | /usr/share/i18n, /usr/share/zoneinfo, /var/cache/ldconfig, and
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| 407 | /var/cache/nscd</seg>
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| 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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| 421 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv">
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| 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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| 431 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat">
|
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| 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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| 442 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf">
|
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| 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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| 452 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent">
|
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| 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>
|
|---|
| 462 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv">
|
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| 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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| 473 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig">
|
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| 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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| 483 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig">
|
|---|
| 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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| 494 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd">
|
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| 495 | <primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary>
|
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| 496 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 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>
|
|---|
| 503 | <para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para>
|
|---|
| 504 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4">
|
|---|
| 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
|
|---|
| 514 | for built-in operations</para>
|
|---|
| 515 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale">
|
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| 516 | <primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary>
|
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| 517 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 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>
|
|---|
| 523 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 524 | <para>Compiles locale specifications</para>
|
|---|
| 525 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef">
|
|---|
| 526 | <primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary>
|
|---|
| 527 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 528 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 529 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 530 |
|
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| 531 | <varlistentry id="makedb">
|
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| 532 | <term><command>makedb</command></term>
|
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| 533 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 534 | <para>Creates a simple database from textual input</para>
|
|---|
| 535 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc makedb">
|
|---|
| 536 | <primary sortas="b-makedb">makedb</primary>
|
|---|
| 537 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 538 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 539 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 540 |
|
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| 541 | <varlistentry id="mtrace">
|
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| 542 | <term><command>mtrace</command></term>
|
|---|
| 543 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 544 | <para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and
|
|---|
| 545 | displays a summary in human-readable format</para>
|
|---|
| 546 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace">
|
|---|
| 547 | <primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary>
|
|---|
| 548 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 549 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 550 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 551 |
|
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| 552 | <varlistentry id="nscd">
|
|---|
| 553 | <term><command>nscd</command></term>
|
|---|
| 554 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 555 | <para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
|
|---|
| 556 | service requests</para>
|
|---|
| 557 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd">
|
|---|
| 558 | <primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary>
|
|---|
| 559 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 560 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 561 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 562 |
|
|---|
| 563 | <varlistentry id="pcprofiledump">
|
|---|
| 564 | <term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
|
|---|
| 565 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 566 | <para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para>
|
|---|
| 567 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump">
|
|---|
| 568 | <primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary>
|
|---|
| 569 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 570 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 571 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 572 |
|
|---|
| 573 | <varlistentry id="pldd">
|
|---|
| 574 | <term><command>pldd</command></term>
|
|---|
| 575 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 576 | <para>Lists dynamic shared objects used by running processes</para>
|
|---|
| 577 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pldd">
|
|---|
| 578 | <primary sortas="b-pldd">pldd</primary>
|
|---|
| 579 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 580 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 581 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 582 |
|
|---|
| 583 | <varlistentry id="rpcgen">
|
|---|
| 584 | <term><command>rpcgen</command></term>
|
|---|
| 585 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 586 | <para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure Call (RPC)
|
|---|
| 587 | protocol</para>
|
|---|
| 588 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen">
|
|---|
| 589 | <primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary>
|
|---|
| 590 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 591 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 592 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 593 |
|
|---|
| 594 | <varlistentry id="sln">
|
|---|
| 595 | <term><command>sln</command></term>
|
|---|
| 596 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 597 | <para>A statically linked program that creates symbolic links</para>
|
|---|
| 598 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln">
|
|---|
| 599 | <primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary>
|
|---|
| 600 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 601 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 602 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 603 |
|
|---|
| 604 | <varlistentry id="sotruss">
|
|---|
| 605 | <term><command>sotruss</command></term>
|
|---|
| 606 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 607 | <para>Traces shared library procedure calls of a specified command</para>
|
|---|
| 608 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sotruss">
|
|---|
| 609 | <primary sortas="b-sotruss">sotruss</primary>
|
|---|
| 610 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 611 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 612 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 613 |
|
|---|
| 614 | <varlistentry id="sprof">
|
|---|
| 615 | <term><command>sprof</command></term>
|
|---|
| 616 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 617 | <para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para>
|
|---|
| 618 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof">
|
|---|
| 619 | <primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary>
|
|---|
| 620 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 621 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 622 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 623 |
|
|---|
| 624 | <varlistentry id="tzselect">
|
|---|
| 625 | <term><command>tzselect</command></term>
|
|---|
| 626 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 627 | <para>Asks the user about the location of the
|
|---|
| 628 | system and reports the corresponding time zone description</para>
|
|---|
| 629 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect">
|
|---|
| 630 | <primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary>
|
|---|
| 631 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 632 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 633 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 634 |
|
|---|
| 635 | <varlistentry id="xtrace">
|
|---|
| 636 | <term><command>xtrace</command></term>
|
|---|
| 637 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 638 | <para>Traces the execution of a program by
|
|---|
| 639 | printing the currently executed function</para>
|
|---|
| 640 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace">
|
|---|
| 641 | <primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary>
|
|---|
| 642 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 643 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 644 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 645 |
|
|---|
| 646 | <varlistentry id="zdump">
|
|---|
| 647 | <term><command>zdump</command></term>
|
|---|
| 648 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 649 | <para>The time zone dumper</para>
|
|---|
| 650 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump">
|
|---|
| 651 | <primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary>
|
|---|
| 652 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 653 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 654 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 655 |
|
|---|
| 656 | <varlistentry id="zic">
|
|---|
| 657 | <term><command>zic</command></term>
|
|---|
| 658 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 659 | <para>The time zone compiler</para>
|
|---|
| 660 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic">
|
|---|
| 661 | <primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary>
|
|---|
| 662 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 663 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 664 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 665 |
|
|---|
| 666 | <varlistentry id="ld.so">
|
|---|
| 667 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 668 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 669 | <para>The helper program for shared library executables</para>
|
|---|
| 670 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so">
|
|---|
| 671 | <primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 672 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 673 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 674 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 675 |
|
|---|
| 676 | <varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale">
|
|---|
| 677 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 678 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 679 | <para>Used by programs, such as Mozilla, to solve broken locales</para>
|
|---|
| 680 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale">
|
|---|
| 681 | <primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary>
|
|---|
| 682 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 683 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 684 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 685 |
|
|---|
| 686 | <varlistentry id="libSegFault">
|
|---|
| 687 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 688 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 689 | <para>The segmentation fault signal handler</para>
|
|---|
| 690 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault">
|
|---|
| 691 | <primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary>
|
|---|
| 692 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 693 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 694 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 695 |
|
|---|
| 696 | <varlistentry id="libanl">
|
|---|
| 697 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 698 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 699 | <para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para>
|
|---|
| 700 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl">
|
|---|
| 701 | <primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary>
|
|---|
| 702 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 703 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 704 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 705 |
|
|---|
| 706 | <varlistentry id="libc">
|
|---|
| 707 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 708 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 709 | <para>The main C library</para>
|
|---|
| 710 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc">
|
|---|
| 711 | <primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary>
|
|---|
| 712 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 713 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 714 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 715 |
|
|---|
| 716 | <varlistentry id="libcidn">
|
|---|
| 717 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcidn</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 718 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 719 | <para>Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain
|
|---|
| 720 | names in the <function>getaddrinfo()</function> function</para>
|
|---|
| 721 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcidn">
|
|---|
| 722 | <primary sortas="c-libcidn">libcidn</primary>
|
|---|
| 723 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 724 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 725 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 726 |
|
|---|
| 727 | <varlistentry id="libcrypt">
|
|---|
| 728 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 729 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 730 | <para>The cryptography library</para>
|
|---|
| 731 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt">
|
|---|
| 732 | <primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary>
|
|---|
| 733 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 734 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 735 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 736 |
|
|---|
| 737 | <varlistentry id="libdl">
|
|---|
| 738 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 739 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 740 | <para>The dynamic linking interface library</para>
|
|---|
| 741 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl">
|
|---|
| 742 | <primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary>
|
|---|
| 743 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 744 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 745 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 746 |
|
|---|
| 747 | <varlistentry id="libg">
|
|---|
| 748 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 749 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 750 | <para>A runtime library for <command>g++</command></para>
|
|---|
| 751 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg">
|
|---|
| 752 | <primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary>
|
|---|
| 753 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 754 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 755 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 756 |
|
|---|
| 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>
|
|---|
| 762 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee">
|
|---|
| 763 | <primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary>
|
|---|
| 764 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 765 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 766 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 767 |
|
|---|
| 768 | <varlistentry id="libm">
|
|---|
| 769 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 770 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 771 | <para>The mathematical library</para>
|
|---|
| 772 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm">
|
|---|
| 773 | <primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary>
|
|---|
| 774 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 775 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 776 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 777 |
|
|---|
| 778 | <varlistentry id="libmcheck">
|
|---|
| 779 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 780 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 781 | <para>Contains code run at boot</para>
|
|---|
| 782 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck">
|
|---|
| 783 | <primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary>
|
|---|
| 784 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 785 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 786 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 787 |
|
|---|
| 788 | <varlistentry id="libmemusage">
|
|---|
| 789 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 790 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 791 | <para>Used by <command>memusage</command> (included in Glibc, but
|
|---|
| 792 | not built in a base CLFS system as it has additional dependencies)
|
|---|
| 793 | to help collect information about the memory usage of a program</para>
|
|---|
| 794 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage">
|
|---|
| 795 | <primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary>
|
|---|
| 796 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 797 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 798 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 799 |
|
|---|
| 800 | <varlistentry id="libnsl">
|
|---|
| 801 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 802 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 803 | <para>The network services library</para>
|
|---|
| 804 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl">
|
|---|
| 805 | <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary>
|
|---|
| 806 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 807 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 808 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 809 |
|
|---|
| 810 | <varlistentry id="libnss">
|
|---|
| 811 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 812 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 813 | <para>The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for
|
|---|
| 814 | resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services,
|
|---|
| 815 | protocols, etc.</para>
|
|---|
| 816 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss">
|
|---|
| 817 | <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary>
|
|---|
| 818 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 819 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 820 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 821 |
|
|---|
| 822 | <varlistentry id="libpcprofile">
|
|---|
| 823 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 824 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 825 | <para>Contains profiling functions used to track the amount of CPU
|
|---|
| 826 | time spent in specific source code lines</para>
|
|---|
| 827 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile">
|
|---|
| 828 | <primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary>
|
|---|
| 829 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 830 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 831 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 832 |
|
|---|
| 833 | <varlistentry id="libpthread">
|
|---|
| 834 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 835 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 836 | <para>The POSIX threads library</para>
|
|---|
| 837 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread">
|
|---|
| 838 | <primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary>
|
|---|
| 839 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 840 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 841 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 842 |
|
|---|
| 843 | <varlistentry id="libresolv">
|
|---|
| 844 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 845 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 846 | <para>Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting
|
|---|
| 847 | packets to the Internet domain name servers</para>
|
|---|
| 848 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv">
|
|---|
| 849 | <primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary>
|
|---|
| 850 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 851 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 852 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 853 |
|
|---|
| 854 | <varlistentry id="librpcsvc">
|
|---|
| 855 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 856 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 857 | <para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para>
|
|---|
| 858 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc">
|
|---|
| 859 | <primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary>
|
|---|
| 860 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 861 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 862 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 863 |
|
|---|
| 864 | <varlistentry id="librt">
|
|---|
| 865 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 866 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 867 | <para>Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified by
|
|---|
| 868 | the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para>
|
|---|
| 869 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt">
|
|---|
| 870 | <primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary>
|
|---|
| 871 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 872 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 873 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 874 |
|
|---|
| 875 | <varlistentry id="libthread_db">
|
|---|
| 876 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 877 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 878 | <para>Contains functions useful for
|
|---|
| 879 | building debuggers for multi-threaded programs</para>
|
|---|
| 880 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db">
|
|---|
| 881 | <primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary>
|
|---|
| 882 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 883 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 884 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 885 |
|
|---|
| 886 | <varlistentry id="libutil">
|
|---|
| 887 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 888 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 889 | <para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in
|
|---|
| 890 | many different Unix utilities</para>
|
|---|
| 891 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil">
|
|---|
| 892 | <primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary>
|
|---|
| 893 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 894 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 895 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 896 |
|
|---|
| 897 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 898 |
|
|---|
| 899 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 900 |
|
|---|
| 901 | </sect1>
|
|---|
