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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-glibc" role="wrap">
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<title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc"><primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides
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the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and
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closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching,
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arithmetic, and so on.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>16.7 SBU</seg><seg>500 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Glibc</title>
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<note><para>Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in
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order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's home page
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(<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says <quote>This library
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provides an <function>iconv()</function> implementation, for use on systems
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which don't have one, or whose implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.
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</quote> Glibc provides an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can
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convert from/to Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS
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system.</para></note>
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<para>The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install
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perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still
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pointing at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs
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and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the
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Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal
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of achieving a clean build.</para>
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<para>The glibc-libidn tarball adds support for internationalized
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domain names (IDN) to Glibc. Many programs that
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support IDN require the full libidn library (see
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<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/general/libidn.html"/>),
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not this add-on.
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Unpack the tarball from within the Glibc source
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directory:</para>
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<screen><userinput>tar jxf ../glibc-libidn-&glibc-version;.tar.bz2</userinput></screen>
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<para>In the vi_VN.TCVN locale, <command>bash</command> enters an infinite loop
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at startup. It is unknown whether this is a <command>bash</command> bug or a
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Glibc problem. Disable installation of this locale in order to avoid the
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problem:</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i '/vi_VN.TCVN/d' localedata/SUPPORTED</userinput></screen>
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<para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
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directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
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cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
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<para>Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \
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--disable-profile --enable-add-ons \
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--enable-kernel=2.6.0 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</userinput></screen>
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<para>The meaning of the new configure options:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para>This changes the location of the
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<command>pt_chown</command> program from its default of <filename
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class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to <filename
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class="directory">/usr/lib/glibc</filename>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<important><para>In this section, the test suite for Glibc is
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considered critical. Do not skip it under any
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circumstance.</para></important>
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<para>Test the results:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make -k check >glibc-check-log 2>&1
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grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen>
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<para>On at least i686 you can expect to see failures in the <emphasis>test-double
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</emphasis> and <emphasis>test-idouble</emphasis> math tests with
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gcc-&gcc-version;, as well as an expected (ignored) failure in <emphasis>
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posix/annexc</emphasis>. These two failures in the math tests appear to be
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harmless.</para>
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<para>The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of
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the host system, in particular the kernel. In certain circumstances,
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some failures are unavoidable. This is a list of the most common
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issues:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail in other tests
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when running
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on systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or authentic AMD.
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Certain optimization settings are also known to be a factor here.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The <emphasis>gettext</emphasis> test sometimes fails due to
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host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the
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<parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test will
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fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="space-mounting"/>, do not use the
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<parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests
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can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will
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complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.
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Prevent this warning with:</para>
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<screen><userinput>touch /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install_root=/ install</userinput></screen>
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<para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>install_root=/</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para>This causes the Glibc Makefile not to run the
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<filename>scripts/test-installation.pl</filename> script at the end
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of Glibc installation. Since the toolchain has not been adjusted yet for
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the new Glibc, this script would test Glibc installed in
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<filename class="directory">/tools</filename> and fail because the
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libidn add-on has not been installed there.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different
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language were not installed by the above command. None of the
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locales are required, but, if some of them are misssing, testuites of the
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future packages would skip important testcases.</para>
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<para>Individual locales can be installed using the <command>localedef</command>
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program. E.g., the first <command>localedef</command> command below combines
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the <filename>/usr/share/i18n/locales/de_DE</filename> charset-independent
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locale definition with the
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<filename>/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/ISO-8859-1.gz</filename> charmap definition
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and appends the result to the
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<filename>/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive</filename> file. The following
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instructions will install the minimum set of locales necessary
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for the optimal coverage of tests:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
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localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
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localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro
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localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK
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localedef -i en_PH -f ISO-8859-1 en_PH
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localedef -i en_US -f ISO-8859-1 en_US
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localedef -i es_MX -f ISO-8859-1 es_MX
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localedef -i fa_IR -f UTF-8 fa_IR
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localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR
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localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro
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localedef -i fr_FR.UTF-8 -f UTF-8 fr_FR
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localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
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localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen>
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<para>In addition, install the locale for your own country, language and
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character set.</para>
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<para>Alternatively, install all locales
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listed in the <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename>
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file (it includes every locale listed above and many more)
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at once with the following time-consuming command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen>
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<para>Then use the <command>localedef</command> command to create and
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install locales not listed in the
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<filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
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in the unlikely case if you need them.</para>
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<!-- The Live CD patches the localedata/SUPPORTED file instead of
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running localedef, the results are equivalent -->
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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<indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary></indexterm>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created
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because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt,
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the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. The time zone
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also needs to be configured.</para>
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<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the
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following:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
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passwd: files
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group: files
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shadow: files
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hosts: files dns
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networks: files
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protocols: files
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services: files
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ethers: files
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rpc: files
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# End /etc/nsswitch.conf</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>To determine the local time zone, run the following script:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen>
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<para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script
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will output the name of the time zone (e.g.,
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<emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>).
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Then create the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by
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running:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
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/etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
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<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone
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that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
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<para>The meaning of the cp option:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para>This is needed to force removal of the already
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existing symbolic link. The reason for copying the file instead of
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using a symlink is to cover the situation where <filename
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class="directory">/usr</filename> is on a separate partition. This
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could be important when booted into single user
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mode.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Dynamic Loader</title>
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<indexterm zone="conf-ld"><primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary></indexterm>
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<para>By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
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class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through
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<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
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class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are
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needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in
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directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
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<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be
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added to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order
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for the dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly
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known to contain additional libraries are <filename
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class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename
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class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the
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dynamic loader's search path.</para>
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<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
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following:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
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/usr/local/lib
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/opt/lib
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# End /etc/ld.so.conf</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content"><title>Contents of Glibc</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf,
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getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig, ldd, lddlibc4, locale,
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localedef, mtrace, nscd, nscd_nischeck, pcprofiledump, pt_chown, rpcgen,
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rpcinfo, sln, sprof, tzselect, xtrace, zdump, and zic</seg>
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<seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so],
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libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so], libbsd-compat.a, libc.[a,so], libcidn.so,
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libcrypt.[a,so], libdl.[a,so], libg.a, libieee.a, libm.[a,so], libmcheck.a,
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libmemusage.so, libnsl.a, libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so,
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libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, libpcprofile.so,
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libpthread.[a,so], libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so],
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libthread_db.so, and libutil.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="catchsegv">
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<term><command>catchsegv</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Can be used to create a stack trace when a program
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terminates with a segmentation fault</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv"><primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="gencat">
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<term><command>gencat</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Generates message catalogues</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat"><primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="getconf">
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<term><command>getconf</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Displays the system configuration values for file system specific variables</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf"><primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="getent">
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<term><command>getent</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent"><primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="iconv">
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<term><command>iconv</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Performs character set conversion</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv"><primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="iconvconfig">
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<term><command>iconvconfig</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig"><primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ldconfig">
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<term><command>ldconfig</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig"><primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ldd">
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<term><command>ldd</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Reports which shared libraries are required
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by each given program or shared library</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd"><primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="lddlibc4">
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<term><command>lddlibc4</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4"><primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="locale">
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<term><command>locale</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Prints various information about the current locale</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale"><primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="localedef">
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<term><command>localedef</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Compiles locale specifications</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef"><primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mtrace">
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<term><command>mtrace</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and displays a summary in human-readable format</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"><primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="nscd">
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<term><command>nscd</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
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service requests</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd"><primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="nscd_nischeck">
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<term><command>nscd_nischeck</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Checks whether or not secure mode is necessary for NIS+ lookup</para>
|
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd_nischeck"><primary sortas="b-nscd_nischeck">nscd_nischeck</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pcprofiledump">
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<term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
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<listitem>
|
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<para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump"><primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pt_chown">
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<term><command>pt_chown</command></term>
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<listitem>
|
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<para>A helper program for <command>grantpt</command> to set
|
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the owner, group and access permissions of a slave pseudo terminal</para>
|
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pt_chown"><primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="rpcgen">
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<term><command>rpcgen</command></term>
|
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<listitem>
|
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<para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure Call (RPC) protocol</para>
|
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen"><primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary></indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="rpcinfo">
|
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<term><command>rpcinfo</command></term>
|
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<listitem>
|
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<para>Makes an RPC call to an RPC server</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcinfo"><primary sortas="b-rpcinfo">rpcinfo</primary></indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="sln">
|
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<term><command>sln</command></term>
|
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<listitem>
|
|
<para>A statically linked <command>ln</command> program</para>
|
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln"><primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary></indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="sprof">
|
|
<term><command>sprof</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof"><primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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|
|
|
<varlistentry id="tzselect">
|
|
<term><command>tzselect</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Asks the user about the location of the
|
|
system and reports the corresponding time zone description</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect"><primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
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|
|
<varlistentry id="xtrace">
|
|
<term><command>xtrace</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Traces the execution of a program by
|
|
printing the currently executed function</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace"><primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="zdump">
|
|
<term><command>zdump</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The time zone dumper</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump"><primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="zic">
|
|
<term><command>zic</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The time zone compiler</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic"><primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="ld.so">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The helper program for shared library executables</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so"><primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Used internally by Glibc as a gross hack to get broken programs
|
|
(e.g., some Motif applications) running. See comments in
|
|
<filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/locale/broken_cur_max.c</filename> for more
|
|
information</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale"><primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libSegFault">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The segmentation fault signal handler, used by
|
|
<command>catchsegv</command></para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault"><primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libanl">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl"><primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libbsd-compat">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbsd-compat</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Provides the portability needed
|
|
in order to run certain Berkey Software Distribution (BSD) programs under Linux</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libbsd-compat"><primary sortas="c-libbsd-compat">libbsd-compat</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libc">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The main C library</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc"><primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libcidn">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcidn</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain names in
|
|
the <function>getaddrinfo()</function> function</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"><primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libcrypt">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The cryptography library</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"><primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libdl">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The dynamic linking interface library</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl"><primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libg">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was a runtime library
|
|
for <command>g++</command></para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg"><primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libieee">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Linking in this module forces error handling rules for math functions as
|
|
defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
|
|
The default is POSIX.1 error handling</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee"><primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libm">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The mathematical library</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm"><primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libmcheck">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Turns on memory allocation checking when linked to</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck"><primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libmemusage">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect
|
|
information about the memory usage of a program</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage"><primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libnsl">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The network services library</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl"><primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libnss">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The Name Service Switch libraries,
|
|
containing functions for resolving host names, user names, group names,
|
|
aliases, services, protocols, etc.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"><primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libpcprofile">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Contains profiling functions used
|
|
to track the amount of CPU time spent in specific source code lines</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile"><primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libpthread">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The POSIX threads library</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread"><primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libresolv">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Contains functions for creating,
|
|
sending, and interpreting packets to the Internet domain name servers</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv"><primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="librpcsvc">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc"><primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="librt">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Contains functions providing most of the
|
|
interfaces specified by the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt"><primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libthread_db">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Contains functions useful for
|
|
building debuggers for multi-threaded programs</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db"><primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libutil">
|
|
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in many different Unix utilities</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil"><primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary></indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
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|
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</sect1>
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