Bug#555935: marked as done (libc6-dev: strsignal(3) should be available without #define _GNU_SOURCE)
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and subject line Re: Bug#555935: libc6-dev: strsignal(3) should be available without #define _GNU_SOURCE
has caused the Debian Bug report #555935,
regarding libc6-dev: strsignal(3) should be available without #define _GNU_SOURCE
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Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.9-24
Severity: normal
The man page for strsignal(3) claims that the function is not part of
any standard. Actually the function is part of the POSIX standard,
as of 2008. See
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strsignal.html
This means among other things that it should be possible to get the
function without
#define _GNU_SOURCE
as described on the man page. This will require a change to GNU libc.
I'm reporting to Debian rather than upstream because upstream says
that glibc bugs as part of a Linux distribution should be reported to
that distribution.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii libc-dev-bin 2.9-24 GNU C Library: Development binarie
ii libc6 2.9-24 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii linux-libc-dev 2.6.26-19 Linux support headers for userspac
Versions of packages libc6-dev recommends:
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-2.95 [c-compiler] 1:2.95.4-27 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-25 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU C compiler
Versions of packages libc6-dev suggests:
ii glibc-doc 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Documentation
ii manpages-dev 3.05-1 Manual pages about using GNU/Linux
-- no debconf information
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Version: 2.10-1
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 01:28:21PM -0500, Norman Ramsey wrote:
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.9-24
> Severity: normal
>
> The man page for strsignal(3) claims that the function is not part of
> any standard. Actually the function is part of the POSIX standard,
> as of 2008. See
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strsignal.html
>
> This means among other things that it should be possible to get the
> function without
>
> #define _GNU_SOURCE
>
> as described on the man page. This will require a change to GNU libc.
>
glibc 2.9 has been released before POSIX 2008 and is therefore not
compliant. glibc 2.10 is compliant with POSIX 2008, so you just have to
upgrade. Closing the bug.
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