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diff --git a/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn b/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn index ee27c9be..f37a17e2 100644 --- a/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn +++ b/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ First of all, see [[BtsFiling]] if you need instructions on manipulating [Debian 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. -We maintain a separate Wiki page for information on these bugs, see [[Distrib/SystemAPILimits]] +We maintain a separate Wiki page for information on these bugs, see [[System_API_Limitations]] If you think you can fix any of them and send a patch to the debian BTS, that'd be much appreciated. You may ask in <bug-hurd@gnuNOSPAM.org> for details or questions on the bug. diff --git a/hurd/porting/system_api_limitations.mdwn b/hurd/porting/system_api_limitations.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d536f764 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/porting/system_api_limitations.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +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. + +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)) + +---- + +These are the known system API limits that have porting implications. + +**_[\#47998](http://bugs.debian.org/47998): `msgget` IPC not implemented_** + +**_[\#184565](http://bugs.debian.org/184565): libc0.3: missing shm\* functions (from `<sys/shm.h>`)_**<br />**breaks:** cdrtools<br />**error:** warning: shm\* is not implemented and will always fail + +**_[\#190581](http://bugs.debian.org/190581): nice() doesn't work_**<br />**breaks:** coreutils<br />**error:** `nice()` doesn't take effect on some situations + +**_[\#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 diff --git a/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn b/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn index 607b50af..77736a45 100644 --- a/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ about getting applications to work (if possible). * GNU [Coding Standards](http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards.html) * [[TestSuites]] - Posix, Perl, results feedback, etc. * [[Documentation]] -* [[SystemAPILimits]] +* [[System_API_Limitations]] * [[CodeAnnouncements]] - Recent coding projects related to the Hurd <dl> |