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| 7 | 
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-cross-tools-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-cross-tools-glibc">
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| 14 |     <primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary>
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| 15 |     <secondary>cross tools</secondary>
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| 16 |   </indexterm>
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| 17 | 
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| 18 |   <sect2 role="package">
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| 19 |     <title/>
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| 20 | 
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| 21 |     <para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides
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| 22 |     the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and
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| 23 |     closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching,
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| 24 |     arithmetic, and so on.</para>
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| 25 | 
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| 26 |   </sect2>
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| 27 | 
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| 28 |   <sect2 role="installation">
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| 29 |     <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
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| 30 | 
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| 31 |     <note os="a">
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| 32 |       <para>Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in
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| 33 |       order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's
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| 34 |       home page (<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says
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| 35 |       <quote>This library provides an <function>iconv()</function>
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| 36 |       implementation, for use on systems which don't have one, or whose
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| 37 |       implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.</quote> Glibc provides
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| 38 |       an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can convert from/to
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| 39 |       Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS system.</para>
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| 40 |     </note>
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| 41 | 
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| 42 |     <para os="p1">Disable linking to <filename>libgcc_eh</filename>:</para>
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| 43 | 
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| 44 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-libgcc_eh-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 45 | 
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| 46 |     <para os="p3">The following patch fixes an issue that can
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| 47 |     cause <command>localdef</command> to segfault:</para>
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| 48 | 
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| 49 | <screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-localedef_segfault-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 50 | 
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| 51 |     <para os="b">The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the
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| 52 |     source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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| 53 | 
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| 54 | <screen os="c"><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
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| 55 | cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
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| 56 | 
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| 57 |     <para os="d">The following lines need to be added to
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| 58 |     <filename>config.cache</filename> for Glibc to support NPTL:</para>
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| 59 | 
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| 60 | <screen os="e"><userinput>echo "libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes" > config.cache
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| 61 | echo "libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes" >> config.cache</userinput></screen>
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| 62 | 
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| 63 |     <para os="f">The following line needs to be added to
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| 64 |     <filename>configparms</filename> to adjust instalation paths:</para>
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| 65 | 
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| 66 | <screen os="g"><userinput>echo "install_root=${LFS}" > configparms</userinput></screen>
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| 67 | 
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| 68 |     <para os="h">Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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| 69 | 
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| 70 | <screen os="i"><userinput>BUILD_CC="gcc" CC="${LFS_TARGET}-gcc" \
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| 71 |     AR="${LFS_TARGET}-ar" RANLIB="${LFS_TARGET}-ranlib" \
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| 72 |     ../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc \
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| 73 |     --host=${LFS_TARGET} --build=${LFS_HOST} \
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| 74 |     --disable-profile --enable-add-ons \
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| 75 |     --with-tls --enable-kernel=2.6.0 --with-__thread \
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| 76 |     --with-binutils=${LFS}/cross-tools/bin --with-headers=${LFS}/usr/include \
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| 77 |     --cache-file=config.cache</userinput></screen>
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| 78 | 
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| 79 |     <variablelist os="j">
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| 80 |       <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
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| 81 | 
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| 82 |       <varlistentry os="j1">
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| 83 |         <term><parameter>BUILD_CC="gcc"</parameter></term>
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| 84 |         <listitem>
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| 85 |           <para>This sets Glibc to use the current compiler on our system. This is
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| 86 |           used to create the tools Glibc uses during its build.</para>
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| 87 |         </listitem>
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| 88 |       </varlistentry>
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| 89 | 
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| 90 |       <varlistentry os="j2">
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| 91 |         <term><parameter>CC="${LFS_TARGET}-gcc"</parameter></term>
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| 92 |         <listitem>
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| 93 |           <para>This forces Glibc to use the GCC compiler that we made for our target
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| 94 |           architecture.</para>
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| 95 |         </listitem>
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| 96 |       </varlistentry>
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| 97 | 
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| 98 |       <varlistentry os="j3">
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| 99 |         <term><parameter>AR="${LFS_TARGET}-ar"</parameter></term>
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| 100 |         <listitem>
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| 101 |           <para>This forces Glibc to use the <command>ar</command> utility
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| 102 |           we made for our target architecture.</para>
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| 103 |         </listitem>
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| 104 |       </varlistentry>
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| 105 | 
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| 106 |       <varlistentry os="j4">
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| 107 |         <term><parameter>RANLIB="${LFS_TARGET}-ranlib"</parameter></term>
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| 108 |         <listitem>
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| 109 |           <para>This forces Glibc to use the <command>ranlib</command> utility
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| 110 |           we made for our target architecture.</para>
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| 111 |         </listitem>
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| 112 |       </varlistentry>
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| 113 | 
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| 114 |       <varlistentry os="j5">
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| 115 |         <term><parameter>--disable-profile</parameter></term>
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| 116 |         <listitem>
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| 117 |           <para>This builds the libraries without profiling information. 
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| 118 |           Omit this option if profiling on the temporary tools is necessary.</para>
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| 119 |         </listitem>
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| 120 |       </varlistentry>
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| 121 | 
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| 122 |       <varlistentry os="j6">
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| 123 |         <term><parameter>--enable-add-ons</parameter></term>
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| 124 |         <listitem>
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| 125 |           <para>This tells Glibc to utilize all add-ons that are
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| 126 |           available.</para>
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| 127 |         </listitem>
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| 128 |       </varlistentry>
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| 129 | 
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| 130 |       <varlistentry os="j7">
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| 131 |         <term><parameter>--with-tls</parameter></term>
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| 132 |         <listitem>
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| 133 |           <para>This tells Glibc to use Thread Local Storage.</para>
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| 134 |         </listitem>
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| 135 |       </varlistentry>
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| 136 | 
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| 137 |       <varlistentry os="j8">
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| 138 |         <term><parameter>--with-__thread</parameter></term>
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| 139 |         <listitem>
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| 140 |           <para>This tells Glibc to use use the __thread for libc and
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| 141 |           libpthread builds.</para>
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| 142 |         </listitem>
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| 143 |       </varlistentry>
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| 144 | 
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| 145 |       <varlistentry os="j9">
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| 146 |         <term><parameter>--with-binutils=${LFS}/cross-tools/bin</parameter></term>
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| 147 |         <listitem>
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| 148 |           <para>This tells Glibc to use the Binutils that are specific to
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| 149 |           our target architecture.</para>
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| 150 |         </listitem>
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| 151 |       </varlistentry>
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| 152 | 
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| 153 |       <varlistentry os="j10">
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| 154 |         <term><parameter>--cache-file=config.cache</parameter></term>
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| 155 |         <listitem>
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| 156 |           <para>This tells Glibc to utilize a premade cache file.</para>
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| 157 |         </listitem>
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| 158 |       </varlistentry>
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| 159 | 
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| 160 |     </variablelist>
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| 161 | 
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| 162 |     <para os="k">During this stage the following warning might appear:</para>
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| 163 | 
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| 164 | <blockquote os="l"><screen><computeroutput>configure: WARNING:
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| 165 | *** These auxiliary programs are missing or
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| 166 | *** incompatible versions: msgfmt
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| 167 | *** some features will be disabled.
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| 168 | *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</computeroutput></screen></blockquote>
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| 169 | 
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| 170 |     <para os="m">The missing or incompatible <command>msgfmt</command> program is
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| 171 |     generally harmless. This <command>msgfmt</command> program is part of the
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| 172 |     Gettext package which the host distribution should provide.</para>
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| 173 | 
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| 174 |     <para os="n">Compile the package:</para>
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| 175 | 
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| 176 | <screen os="o"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 177 | 
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| 178 |     <para os="p">Install the package:</para>
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| 179 | 
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| 180 | <screen os="q"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 181 | 
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| 182 |   </sect2>
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| 183 | 
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| 184 |   <sect2 id="i18n-glibc" role="configuration">
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| 185 |     <title>Internationalization (Current method is no good, REWRITE ME)</title>
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| 186 | 
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| 187 |     <para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different
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| 188 |     language were not installed by the above command. Install them
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| 189 |     with:</para>
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| 190 | 
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| 191 | <screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen>
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| 192 | 
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| 193 |     <para>To save time, an alternative to running the previous command (which
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| 194 |     generates and installs every locale listed in the
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| 195 |     glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED file) is to install only
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| 196 |     those locales that are wanted and needed. This can be achieved by using
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| 197 |     the <command>localedef</command> command. Information on this command is
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| 198 |     located in the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the Glibc source.
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| 199 |     However, there are a number of locales that are essential in order for the
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| 200 |     tests of future packages to pass, in particular, the
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| 201 |     <emphasis>libstdc++</emphasis> tests from GCC. The following instructions,
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| 202 |     instead of the <parameter>install-locales</parameter> target used above,
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| 203 |     will install the minimum set of locales necessary for the tests to run
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| 204 |     successfully:</para>
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| 205 | 
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| 206 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
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| 207 | localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
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| 208 | localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro
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| 209 | localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK
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| 210 | localedef -i en_PH -f ISO-8859-1 en_PH
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| 211 | localedef -i en_US -f ISO-8859-1 en_US
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| 212 | localedef -i es_MX -f ISO-8859-1 es_MX
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| 213 | localedef -i fa_IR -f UTF-8 fa_IR
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| 214 | localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR
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| 215 | localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro
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| 216 | localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
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| 217 | localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen>
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| 218 | 
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| 219 |     <para>Some locales installed by the <command>make
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| 220 |     localedata/install-locales</command> command above are not properly
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| 221 |     supported by some applications that are in the LFS and BLFS books. Because
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| 222 |     of the various problems that arise due to application programmers making
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| 223 |     assumptions that break in such locales, LFS should not be used in locales
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| 224 |     that utilize multibyte character sets (including UTF-8) or right-to-left
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| 225 |     writing order.  Numerous unofficial and unstable patches are required to
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| 226 |     fix these problems, and it has been decided by the LFS developers not to
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| 227 |     support such complex locales at this time. This applies to the ja_JP and
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| 228 |     fa_IR locales as well—they have been installed only for GCC and
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| 229 |     Gettext tests to pass, and the <command>watch</command> program (part of
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| 230 |     the Procps package) does not work properly in them. Various attempts to
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| 231 |     circumvent these restrictions are documented in internationalization-related
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| 232 |     hints.</para>
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| 233 | 
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| 234 |   </sect2>
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| 235 | 
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| 236 |   <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration">
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| 237 |     <title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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| 238 | 
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| 239 |     <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 240 |       <primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary>
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| 241 |     </indexterm>
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| 242 | 
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| 243 |     <indexterm zone="conf-glibc">
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| 244 |       <primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary>
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| 245 |     </indexterm>
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| 246 | 
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| 247 |     <para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created
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| 248 |     because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or
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| 249 |     corrupt, the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment.
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| 250 |     The time zone also needs to be configured.</para>
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| 251 | 
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| 252 |     <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running
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| 253 |     the following:</para>
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| 254 | 
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| 255 | <screen><userinput>cat > ${LFS}/etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF"
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| 256 | <literal># Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
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| 257 | 
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| 258 | passwd: files
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| 259 | group: files
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| 260 | shadow: files
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| 261 | 
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| 262 | hosts: files dns
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| 263 | networks: files
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| 264 | 
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| 265 | protocols: files
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| 266 | services: files
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| 267 | ethers: files
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| 268 | rpc: files
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| 269 | 
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| 270 | # End /etc/nsswitch.conf</literal>
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| 271 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 272 | 
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| 273 |     <para>To determine the local time zone, run the following script:</para>
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| 274 | 
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| 275 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen>
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| 276 | 
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| 277 |     <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will
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| 278 |     output the name of the time zone (e.g., <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or
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| 279 |     <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>). Then create the
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| 280 |     <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para>
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| 281 | 
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| 282 | <screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
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| 283 |     /etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
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| 284 | 
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| 285 |     <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone
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| 286 |     that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
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| 287 | 
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| 288 |     <variablelist>
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| 289 |       <title>The meaning of the cp option:</title>
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| 290 | 
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| 291 |       <varlistentry>
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| 292 |         <term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term>
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| 293 |         <listitem>
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| 294 |           <para>This is needed to force removal of the already existing symbolic
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| 295 |           link. The reason for copying the file instead of using a symlink is to
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| 296 |           cover the situation where <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
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| 297 |           is on a separate partition. This could be important when booted into
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| 298 |           single user mode.</para>
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| 299 |         </listitem>
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| 300 |       </varlistentry>
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| 301 |     </variablelist>
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| 302 | 
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| 303 |   </sect2>
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| 304 | 
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| 305 |   <sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration">
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| 306 |     <title>Configuring The Dynamic Loader</title>
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| 307 | 
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| 308 |     <indexterm zone="conf-ld">
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| 309 |       <primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary>
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| 310 |     </indexterm>
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| 311 | 
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| 312 |     <para>By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
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| 313 |     class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through
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| 314 |     <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
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| 315 |     class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are
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| 316 |     needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in
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| 317 |     directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
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| 318 |     <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be
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| 319 |     added to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order
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| 320 |     for the dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly
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| 321 |     known to contain additional libraries are <filename
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| 322 |     class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename
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| 323 |     class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the
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| 324 |     dynamic loader's search path.</para>
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| 325 | 
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| 326 |     <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
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| 327 |     following:</para>
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| 328 | 
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| 329 | <screen><userinput>cat > ${LFS}/etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
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| 330 | <literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
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| 331 | 
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| 332 | /usr/local/lib
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| 333 | /opt/lib
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| 334 | 
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| 335 | # End /etc/ld.so.conf</literal>
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| 336 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 337 | 
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| 338 |   </sect2>
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| 339 | 
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| 340 |   <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content">
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| 341 |     <title>Contents of Glibc</title>
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| 342 | 
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| 343 |     <segmentedlist>
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| 344 |       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 345 |       <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 346 | 
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| 347 |       <seglistitem>
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| 348 |         <seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig,
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| 349 |         ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, mtrace, nscd,
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| 350 |         pcprofiledump, pt_chown, rpcgen, rpcinfo, sln, sprof, tzselect, xtrace,
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| 351 |         zdump, and zic</seg>
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| 352 |         <seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so], libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so],
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| 353 |         libbsd-compat.a, libc.[a,so], libcrypt.[a,so], libdl.[a,so], libg.a,
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| 354 |         libieee.a, libm.[a,so], libmcheck.a, libmemusage.so, libnsl.a,
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| 355 |         libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so, libnss_hesiod.so,
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| 356 |         libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, libpcprofile.so, libpthread.[a,so],
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| 357 |         libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so], libthread_db.so, and
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| 358 |         libutil.[a,so]</seg>
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| 359 |       </seglistitem>
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| 360 |     </segmentedlist>
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| 361 | 
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| 362 |     <variablelist>
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| 363 |       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 364 |       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 365 |       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 366 | 
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| 367 |       <varlistentry id="catchsegv">
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| 368 |         <term><command>catchsegv</command></term>
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| 369 |         <listitem>
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| 370 |           <para>Can be used to create a stack trace when a program
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| 371 |           terminates with a segmentation fault</para>
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| 372 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc catchsegv">
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| 373 |             <primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary>
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| 374 |           </indexterm>
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| 375 |         </listitem>
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| 376 |       </varlistentry>
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| 377 | 
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| 378 |       <varlistentry id="gencat">
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| 379 |         <term><command>gencat</command></term>
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| 380 |         <listitem>
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| 381 |           <para>Generates message catalogues</para>
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| 382 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc gencat">
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| 383 |             <primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary>
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| 384 |           </indexterm>
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| 385 |         </listitem>
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| 386 |       </varlistentry>
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| 387 | 
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| 388 |       <varlistentry id="getconf">
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| 389 |         <term><command>getconf</command></term>
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| 390 |         <listitem>
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| 391 |           <para>Displays the system configuration values for file system specific
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| 392 |           variables</para>
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| 393 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc getconf">
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| 394 |             <primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary>
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| 395 |           </indexterm>
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| 396 |         </listitem>
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| 397 |       </varlistentry>
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| 398 | 
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| 399 |       <varlistentry id="getent">
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| 400 |         <term><command>getent</command></term>
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| 401 |         <listitem>
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| 402 |           <para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para>
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| 403 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc getent">
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| 404 |             <primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary>
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| 405 |           </indexterm>
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|---|
| 406 |         </listitem>
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| 407 |       </varlistentry>
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| 408 | 
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| 409 |       <varlistentry id="iconv">
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| 410 |         <term><command>iconv</command></term>
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| 411 |         <listitem>
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|---|
| 412 |           <para>Performs character set conversion</para>
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| 413 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc iconv">
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|---|
| 414 |             <primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary>
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| 415 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 416 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 417 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 418 | 
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| 419 |       <varlistentry id="iconvconfig">
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| 420 |         <term><command>iconvconfig</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 421 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 422 |           <para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration
 | 
|---|
| 423 |           files</para>
 | 
|---|
| 424 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc iconvconfig">
 | 
|---|
| 425 |             <primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 426 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 427 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 428 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 429 | 
 | 
|---|
| 430 |       <varlistentry id="ldconfig">
 | 
|---|
| 431 |         <term><command>ldconfig</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 432 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 433 |           <para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para>
 | 
|---|
| 434 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc ldconfig">
 | 
|---|
| 435 |             <primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 436 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 437 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 438 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 439 | 
 | 
|---|
| 440 |       <varlistentry id="ldd">
 | 
|---|
| 441 |         <term><command>ldd</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 442 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 443 |           <para>Reports which shared libraries are required
 | 
|---|
| 444 |           by each given program or shared library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 445 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc ldd">
 | 
|---|
| 446 |             <primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 447 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 448 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 449 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 450 | 
 | 
|---|
| 451 |       <varlistentry id="lddlibc4">
 | 
|---|
| 452 |         <term><command>lddlibc4</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 453 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 454 |           <para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para>
 | 
|---|
| 455 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc lddlibc4">
 | 
|---|
| 456 |             <primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 457 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 458 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 459 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 460 | 
 | 
|---|
| 461 |       <varlistentry id="locale">
 | 
|---|
| 462 |         <term><command>locale</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 463 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 464 |           <para>Tells the compiler to enable or disable the use of POSIX locales
 | 
|---|
| 465 |           for built-in operations</para>
 | 
|---|
| 466 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc locale">
 | 
|---|
| 467 |             <primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 468 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 469 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 470 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 471 | 
 | 
|---|
| 472 |       <varlistentry id="localedef">
 | 
|---|
| 473 |         <term><command>localedef</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 474 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 475 |           <para>Compiles locale specifications</para>
 | 
|---|
| 476 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc localedef">
 | 
|---|
| 477 |             <primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 478 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 479 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 480 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 481 | 
 | 
|---|
| 482 |       <varlistentry id="mtrace">
 | 
|---|
| 483 |         <term><command>mtrace</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 484 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 485 |           <para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and
 | 
|---|
| 486 |           displays a summary in human-readable format</para>
 | 
|---|
| 487 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc mtrace">
 | 
|---|
| 488 |             <primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 489 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 490 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 491 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 492 | 
 | 
|---|
| 493 |       <varlistentry id="nscd">
 | 
|---|
| 494 |         <term><command>nscd</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 495 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 496 |           <para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
 | 
|---|
| 497 |           service requests</para>
 | 
|---|
| 498 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc nscd">
 | 
|---|
| 499 |             <primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 500 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 501 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 502 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 503 | 
 | 
|---|
| 504 |       <varlistentry id="pcprofiledump">
 | 
|---|
| 505 |         <term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 506 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 507 |           <para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para>
 | 
|---|
| 508 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc pcprofiledump">
 | 
|---|
| 509 |             <primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 510 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 511 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 512 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 513 | 
 | 
|---|
| 514 |       <varlistentry id="pt_chown">
 | 
|---|
| 515 |         <term><command>pt_chown</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 516 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 517 |           <para>A helper program for <command>grantpt</command> to set the owner,
 | 
|---|
| 518 |           group and access permissions of a slave pseudo terminal</para>
 | 
|---|
| 519 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc pt_chown">
 | 
|---|
| 520 |             <primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 521 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 522 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 523 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 524 | 
 | 
|---|
| 525 |       <varlistentry id="rpcgen">
 | 
|---|
| 526 |         <term><command>rpcgen</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 527 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 528 |           <para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure Call (RPC)
 | 
|---|
| 529 |           protocol</para>
 | 
|---|
| 530 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc rpcgen">
 | 
|---|
| 531 |             <primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 532 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 533 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 534 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 535 | 
 | 
|---|
| 536 |       <varlistentry id="rpcinfo">
 | 
|---|
| 537 |         <term><command>rpcinfo</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 538 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 539 |           <para>Makes an RPC call to an RPC server</para>
 | 
|---|
| 540 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc rpcinfo">
 | 
|---|
| 541 |             <primary sortas="b-rpcinfo">rpcinfo</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 542 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 543 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 544 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 545 | 
 | 
|---|
| 546 |       <varlistentry id="sln">
 | 
|---|
| 547 |         <term><command>sln</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 548 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 549 |           <para>A statically linked <command>ln</command> program</para>
 | 
|---|
| 550 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc sln">
 | 
|---|
| 551 |             <primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 552 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 553 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 554 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 555 | 
 | 
|---|
| 556 |       <varlistentry id="sprof">
 | 
|---|
| 557 |         <term><command>sprof</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 558 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 559 |           <para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para>
 | 
|---|
| 560 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc sprof">
 | 
|---|
| 561 |             <primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 562 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 563 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 564 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 565 | 
 | 
|---|
| 566 |       <varlistentry id="tzselect">
 | 
|---|
| 567 |         <term><command>tzselect</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 568 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 569 |           <para>Asks the user about the location of the
 | 
|---|
| 570 |           system and reports the corresponding time zone description</para>
 | 
|---|
| 571 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc tzselect">
 | 
|---|
| 572 |             <primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 573 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 574 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 575 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 576 | 
 | 
|---|
| 577 |       <varlistentry id="xtrace">
 | 
|---|
| 578 |         <term><command>xtrace</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 579 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 580 |           <para>Traces the execution of a program by
 | 
|---|
| 581 |           printing the currently executed function</para>
 | 
|---|
| 582 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc xtrace">
 | 
|---|
| 583 |             <primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 584 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 585 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 586 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 587 | 
 | 
|---|
| 588 |       <varlistentry id="zdump">
 | 
|---|
| 589 |         <term><command>zdump</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 590 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 591 |           <para>The time zone dumper</para>
 | 
|---|
| 592 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc zdump">
 | 
|---|
| 593 |             <primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 594 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 595 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 596 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 597 | 
 | 
|---|
| 598 |       <varlistentry id="zic">
 | 
|---|
| 599 |         <term><command>zic</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 600 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 601 |           <para>The time zone compiler</para>
 | 
|---|
| 602 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc zic">
 | 
|---|
| 603 |             <primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 604 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 605 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 606 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 607 | 
 | 
|---|
| 608 |       <varlistentry id="ld.so">
 | 
|---|
| 609 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 610 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 611 |           <para>The helper program for shared library executables</para>
 | 
|---|
| 612 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc ld.so">
 | 
|---|
| 613 |             <primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 614 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 615 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 616 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 617 | 
 | 
|---|
| 618 |       <varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale">
 | 
|---|
| 619 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 620 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 621 |           <para>Used by programs, such as Mozilla, to solve broken locales</para>
 | 
|---|
| 622 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libBrokenLocale">
 | 
|---|
| 623 |             <primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 624 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 625 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 626 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 627 | 
 | 
|---|
| 628 |       <varlistentry id="libSegFault">
 | 
|---|
| 629 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 630 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 631 |           <para>The segmentation fault signal handler</para>
 | 
|---|
| 632 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libSegFault">
 | 
|---|
| 633 |             <primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 634 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 635 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 636 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 637 | 
 | 
|---|
| 638 |       <varlistentry id="libanl">
 | 
|---|
| 639 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 640 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 641 |           <para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 642 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libanl">
 | 
|---|
| 643 |             <primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 644 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 645 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 646 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 647 | 
 | 
|---|
| 648 |       <varlistentry id="libbsd-compat">
 | 
|---|
| 649 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libbsd-compat</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 650 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 651 |           <para>Provides the portability needed
 | 
|---|
| 652 |           in order to run certain Berkey Software Distribution (BSD) programs
 | 
|---|
| 653 |           under Linux</para>
 | 
|---|
| 654 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libbsd-compat">
 | 
|---|
| 655 |             <primary sortas="c-libbsd-compat">libbsd-compat</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 656 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 657 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 658 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 659 | 
 | 
|---|
| 660 |       <varlistentry id="libc">
 | 
|---|
| 661 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 662 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 663 |           <para>The main C library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 664 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libc">
 | 
|---|
| 665 |             <primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 666 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 667 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 668 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 669 | 
 | 
|---|
| 670 |       <varlistentry id="libcrypt">
 | 
|---|
| 671 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 672 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 673 |           <para>The cryptography library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 674 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libcrypt">
 | 
|---|
| 675 |             <primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 676 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 677 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 678 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 679 | 
 | 
|---|
| 680 |       <varlistentry id="libdl">
 | 
|---|
| 681 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 682 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 683 |           <para>The dynamic linking interface library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 684 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libdl">
 | 
|---|
| 685 |             <primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 686 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 687 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 688 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 689 | 
 | 
|---|
| 690 |       <varlistentry id="libg">
 | 
|---|
| 691 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 692 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 693 |           <para>A runtime library for <command>g++</command></para>
 | 
|---|
| 694 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libg">
 | 
|---|
| 695 |             <primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 696 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 697 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 698 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 699 | 
 | 
|---|
| 700 |       <varlistentry id="libieee">
 | 
|---|
| 701 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 702 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 703 |           <para>The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
 | 
|---|
| 704 |           floating point library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 705 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libieee">
 | 
|---|
| 706 |             <primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 707 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 708 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 709 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 710 | 
 | 
|---|
| 711 |       <varlistentry id="libm">
 | 
|---|
| 712 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 713 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 714 |           <para>The mathematical library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 715 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libm">
 | 
|---|
| 716 |             <primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 717 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 718 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 719 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 720 | 
 | 
|---|
| 721 |       <varlistentry id="libmcheck">
 | 
|---|
| 722 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 723 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 724 |           <para>Contains code run at boot</para>
 | 
|---|
| 725 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libmcheck">
 | 
|---|
| 726 |             <primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 727 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 728 |         </listitem>
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| 729 |       </varlistentry>
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| 730 | 
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| 731 |       <varlistentry id="libmemusage">
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| 732 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
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|---|
| 733 |         <listitem>
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|---|
| 734 |           <para>Used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect
 | 
|---|
| 735 |           information about the memory usage of a program</para>
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|---|
| 736 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libmemusage">
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|---|
| 737 |             <primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary>
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|---|
| 738 |           </indexterm>
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|---|
| 739 |         </listitem>
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|---|
| 740 |       </varlistentry>
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|---|
| 741 | 
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|---|
| 742 |       <varlistentry id="libnsl">
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|---|
| 743 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
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|---|
| 744 |         <listitem>
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|---|
| 745 |           <para>The network services library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 746 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libnsl">
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|---|
| 747 |             <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 748 |           </indexterm>
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|---|
| 749 |         </listitem>
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|---|
| 750 |       </varlistentry>
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|---|
| 751 | 
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|---|
| 752 |       <varlistentry id="libnss">
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|---|
| 753 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 754 |         <listitem>
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|---|
| 755 |           <para>The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for
 | 
|---|
| 756 |           resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services,
 | 
|---|
| 757 |           protocols, etc.</para>
 | 
|---|
| 758 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libnss">
 | 
|---|
| 759 |             <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 760 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 761 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 762 |       </varlistentry>
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|---|
| 763 | 
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|---|
| 764 |       <varlistentry id="libpcprofile">
 | 
|---|
| 765 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 766 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 767 |           <para>Contains profiling functions used to track the amount of CPU
 | 
|---|
| 768 |           time spent in specific source code lines</para>
 | 
|---|
| 769 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libpcprofile">
 | 
|---|
| 770 |             <primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 771 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 772 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 773 |       </varlistentry>
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|---|
| 774 | 
 | 
|---|
| 775 |       <varlistentry id="libpthread">
 | 
|---|
| 776 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 777 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 778 |           <para>The POSIX threads library</para>
 | 
|---|
| 779 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libpthread">
 | 
|---|
| 780 |             <primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 781 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 782 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 783 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 784 | 
 | 
|---|
| 785 |       <varlistentry id="libresolv">
 | 
|---|
| 786 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 787 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 788 |           <para>Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting
 | 
|---|
| 789 |           packets to the Internet domain name servers</para>
 | 
|---|
| 790 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libresolv">
 | 
|---|
| 791 |             <primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 792 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 793 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 794 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 795 | 
 | 
|---|
| 796 |       <varlistentry id="librpcsvc">
 | 
|---|
| 797 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 798 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 799 |           <para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para>
 | 
|---|
| 800 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc librpcsvc">
 | 
|---|
| 801 |             <primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 802 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 803 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 804 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 805 | 
 | 
|---|
| 806 |       <varlistentry id="librt">
 | 
|---|
| 807 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 808 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 809 |           <para>Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified by
 | 
|---|
| 810 |           the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para>
 | 
|---|
| 811 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc librt">
 | 
|---|
| 812 |             <primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 813 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 814 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 815 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 816 | 
 | 
|---|
| 817 |       <varlistentry id="libthread_db">
 | 
|---|
| 818 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 819 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 820 |           <para>Contains functions useful for
 | 
|---|
| 821 |           building debuggers for multi-threaded programs</para>
 | 
|---|
| 822 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libthread_db">
 | 
|---|
| 823 |             <primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 824 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 825 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 826 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 827 | 
 | 
|---|
| 828 |       <varlistentry id="libutil">
 | 
|---|
| 829 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 830 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 831 |           <para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in
 | 
|---|
| 832 |           many different Unix utilities</para>
 | 
|---|
| 833 |           <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-glibc libutil">
 | 
|---|
| 834 |             <primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 835 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 836 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 837 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 838 | 
 | 
|---|
| 839 |     </variablelist>
 | 
|---|
| 840 | 
 | 
|---|
| 841 |   </sect2>
 | 
|---|
| 842 | 
 | 
|---|
| 843 | </sect1>
 | 
|---|