Update.

1998-05-21  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* iconv/iconv_prog.c (print_known_names): Use strverscmp in all
	tsearch calls.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 803a08f..7e7e9d3 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-05-21  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
+
+       * iconv/iconv_prog.c (print_known_names): Use strverscmp in all
+       tsearch calls.
+
 1998-05-21  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
 
        * timezone/test-tz.c: The test with TZ=UTC0 seems to work - enable

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 105184d..f1ba410 100644 (file)
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -65,24 +65,25 @@ please let me know.
 2.11.  I have set up /etc/nis.conf, and the Linux libc 5 with NYS
        works great.  But the glibc NIS+ doesn't seem to work.
 2.12.  I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc
-        continues using NIS.
+       continues using NIS.
 2.13.  Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call:
-       RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS.
+       RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS.
 2.14.  After installing glibc name resolving doesn't work properly.
-2.15.  I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks
+2.15.  How do I create the databases for NSS?
+2.16.  I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks
        into my Linux source tree.  Is that wrong?
-2.16.  Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and
+2.17.  Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and
        `who', show incorrect information about the (number of)
        users on my system.  Why?
-2.17.  After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get
+2.18.  After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get
        errors about undefined symbols.  What went wrong?
-2.18.  When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library
+2.19.  When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library
        I get
          XXX: Symbol `_sys_errlist' has different size in shared
          object, consider re-linking
        Why?  What should I do?
-2.19.  What do I need for C++ development?
-2.20.  Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries
+2.20.  What do I need for C++ development?
+2.21.  Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries
        which is not acceptable for me.  What can I do?
 
 3. Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them
@@ -674,7 +675,7 @@ package; available at
 
 
 2.12.  I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc
-        continues using NIS.
+       continues using NIS.
 
 {TK} For faster NIS lookups, glibc uses the /var/yp/binding/ files from
 ypbind.  ypbind 3.3 and older versions don't always remove these files, so
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ Until ypbind 3.4 is released, you can find a patch at
 
 
 2.13.  Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call:
-       RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS.
+       RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS.
 
 {TK} You need a ypbind version which is 64bit clean.  Some versions are not
 64bit clean.  A 64bit clean implementation is ypbind-mt.  For ypbind 3.3,
@@ -700,7 +701,18 @@ know about other versions.
 file is usually the culprit.
 
 
-2.15.  I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks
+2.15.  How do I create the databases for NSS?
+
+{AJ} If you have an entry "db" in /etc/nsswitch.conf you should also create
+the database files.  The glibc sources contain a Makefile which does the
+neccessary conversion and calls to create those files.  The file is
+`db-Makefile' in the subdirectory `nss' and you can call it with `make -f
+db-Makefile'.  Please note that not all services are capable of using a
+database.  Currently passwd, group, ethers, protocol, rpc, services shadow
+and netgroup are implemented.
+
+
+2.16.  I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks
        into my Linux source tree.  Is that wrong?
 
 {PB} This was necessary for libc5, but is not correct when using glibc.
@@ -711,14 +723,14 @@ in place before you install glibc.  However, /usr/include/asm and
 /usr/include/linux should remain as they were.
 
 
-2.16.  Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and
+2.17.  Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and
        `who', show incorrect information about the (number of)
        users on my system.  Why?
 
 {MK} See question 3.2.
 
 
-2.17.  After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get
+2.18.  After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get
        errors about undefined symbols.  What went wrong?
 
 {AJ} The problem is caused either by wrong program code or tools.  In the
@@ -732,7 +744,7 @@ price you might have to pay once for quite a number of advantages with
 symbol versioning.
 
 
-2.18.  When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library
+2.19.  When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library
        I get
          XXX: Symbol `_sys_errlist' has different size in shared
          object, consider re-linking
@@ -754,7 +766,7 @@ be possible that a symbol changed size when that should not have happened.
 So in case of doubt report such a warning message as a problem.
 
 
-2.19.  What do I need for C++ development?
+2.20.  What do I need for C++ development?
 
 {HJ,AJ} You need either egcs 1.0.2 or gcc-2.8.1 with libstdc++ 2.8.1 (or
 more recent versions). libg++ 2.7.2 (and the Linux Versions 2.7.2.x) doesn't
@@ -764,7 +776,7 @@ library compiled for 2.0 is not compatible due to the new Large File Support
 (LFS) in version 2.1.
 
 
-2.20.  Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries
+2.21.  Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries
        which is not acceptable for me.  What can I do?
 
 {AJ} NSS (for details just type `info libc "Name Service Switch"') won't
@@ -983,8 +995,8 @@ siginterrupt().
        functions.  Why?
 
 {AJ} glibc 2.1 has special string functions that are faster than the normal
-library functions. Some of the functions are implemented as inline functions
-and others as macros.
+library functions. Some of the functions are additionally implemented as
+inline functions and others as macros.
 
 The optimized string functions are only used when compiling with
 optimizations (-O1 or higher). The behavior can be changed with two feature

diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in
index b1968bf..93784f6 100644 (file)
--- a/FAQ.in
+++ b/FAQ.in
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ package; available at
     http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html
 
 ??     I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc
-        continues using NIS.
+       continues using NIS.
 
 {TK} For faster NIS lookups, glibc uses the /var/yp/binding/ files from
 ypbind.  ypbind 3.3 and older versions don't always remove these files, so
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ Until ypbind 3.4 is released, you can find a patch at
 
     ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/NIS/ypbind-3.3-glibc3.diff.
 
-??     Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call:
-       RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS.
+??     Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call:
+       RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS.
 
 {TK} You need a ypbind version which is 64bit clean.  Some versions are not
 64bit clean.  A 64bit clean implementation is ypbind-mt.  For ypbind 3.3,
@@ -560,6 +560,18 @@ know about other versions.
 (just type `info libc "NSS Configuration File"').  The NSS configuration
 file is usually the culprit.
 
+
+??     How do I create the databases for NSS?
+
+{AJ} If you have an entry "db" in /etc/nsswitch.conf you should also create
+the database files.  The glibc sources contain a Makefile which does the
+neccessary conversion and calls to create those files.  The file is
+`db-Makefile' in the subdirectory `nss' and you can call it with `make -f
+db-Makefile'.  Please note that not all services are capable of using a
+database.  Currently passwd, group, ethers, protocol, rpc, services shadow
+and netgroup are implemented.
+
+
 ??     I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks
        into my Linux source tree.  Is that wrong?
 
@@ -829,8 +841,8 @@ siginterrupt().
        functions.  Why?
 
 {AJ} glibc 2.1 has special string functions that are faster than the normal
-library functions. Some of the functions are implemented as inline functions
-and others as macros.
+library functions. Some of the functions are additionally implemented as
+inline functions and others as macros.
 
 The optimized string functions are only used when compiling with
 optimizations (-O1 or higher). The behavior can be changed with two feature

diff --git a/iconv/iconv_prog.c b/iconv/iconv_prog.c
index 5a08a21..82ff5cf 100644 (file)
--- a/iconv/iconv_prog.c
+++ b/iconv/iconv_prog.c
@@ -516,15 +516,15 @@ print_known_names (void)
        {
          if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_constpfx, "INTERNAL"))
            tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_constpfx, &printlist,
-                    (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
+                    (__compar_fn_t) strverscmp);
          if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->to_string, "INTERNAL"))
            tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->to_string, &printlist,
-                    (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
+                    (__compar_fn_t) strverscmp);
        }
       else
        if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern, "INTERNAL"))
          tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern, &printlist,
-                  (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
+                  (__compar_fn_t) strverscmp);
     }
 
   fputs (_("\