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diff --git a/hurd/porting/system_api_limitations.mdwn b/hurd/porting/system_api_limitations.mdwn index d536f764..83a54654 100644 --- a/hurd/porting/system_api_limitations.mdwn +++ b/hurd/porting/system_api_limitations.mdwn @@ -9,20 +9,14 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -## <a name="API_Limitations_of_the_GNU_syste"> </a> API Limitations of the GNU system +Sometimes building or running a program will fail due to bugs in the system API +implementation (in [[glibc]] and the [[Hurd]]). Make sure you check this list +and know them before porting, otherwise you'll end up debugging something just +to find out its an already known bug. ----- - -Sometimes building or running a program will fail due to bugs in the system API implementation (in Glibc and the Hurd). Make sure you check this list and know them before porting, otherwise you'll end up debugging something just to find out its an already known bug. - -Taken from the bug lists in debian BTS. If you find more of them (and it is clear in the bug log that it is a bug), please add them to the list below. See: - -* <http://bugs.debian.org/hurd> ([source](http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/hurd.html) and [binary](http://packages.debian.org/hurd) debs not synchronized) -* <http://bugs.debian.org/hurd-dev> ([binary](http://packages.debian.org/hurd-dev)) -* <http://bugs.debian.org/libc0.3> ([source](http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/glibc.html) & [binary](http://packages.debian.org/libc0.3) debs) -* <http://bugs.debian.org/libc0.3-dev> ([binary](http://packages.debian.org/libc0.3-dev)) - ----- +Taken from the bug lists in [[running/Debian]] BTS. If you find more of them +(and it is clear in the bug log that it is a bug), please add them to the list +below. These are the known system API limits that have porting implications. @@ -35,7 +29,3 @@ These are the known system API limits that have porting implications. **_[\#187391](http://bugs.debian.org/187391): libc0.3-dev: `sockaddr_un.sun_path` can't be assigned a `const char *` when compiling with g++_**<br />**breaks:** fam, gail<br />**status:** maybe this should be in [[PortingIssues]] (see _long_ bug log) **_[\#190367](http://bugs.debian.org/190367): libc0.3-dev: `fcntl` `F_GETLK` not implemented (`ENOSYS`)_**<br />**breaks:** gnome-session (and others) from running<br />**error:** misc lock-related errors - --- [[Main/RobertMillan]] - 01 May 2003 - -Text formatting.<br /> -- [[Main/OgnyanKulev]] - 02 May 2003 |