Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Jaeger <> | Subject | Re: struct stat | Date | Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:37:29 +0100 |
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>>>>> Guest section DW writes:
> Andreas Jaeger: > Just use the glibcbug script that comes with every glibc installation > to report a complete bug report.
> <rant on> > Why can't people read? The glibc source distribution contains a > README, a FAQ, an INSTALL file,... and installs the glibcbug script for > bug reporting. You can even (ok, that doesn't work with some glibc > 2.0.x versions) execute your libc, like /lib/libc.so.6 to get > information about it. > <rant off>
> Hmm - interesting - can one execute /lib/libc.so.6 these days? With 2.1 it works, it is broken in 2.0.7 at least.
> Do you think anyone would have guessed that? Would have thought > `Hmm, what is the address of the libc maintainer, > let us say "/lib/libc.so.6" to find out!' > ?
Ok, mentioning /lib/libc.so.6 was a bit too much. Sorry.
> [...]
> : There are probably bugs in the GNU C library. There are certainly > : errors and omissions in this manual. If you report them, they will get > : fixed. If you don't, no one will ever know about them and they will > : remain unfixed for all eternity, if not longer. > ... > : Send bug reports to the Internet address <bug-glibc@gnu.og>.
> But then, when I report errors, I get
> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 550 <bug-glibc@gnu.og>... Host unknown (Name server: gnu.og: host not found)
Yes, there was a typo in the manual which is still in glibc 2.0.7pre6. It should be gnu.org - this has been fixed in glibc 2.1.
Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de jaeger@informatik.uni-kl.de for pgp-key finger ajaeger@aixd1.rhrk.uni-kl.de
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