[David Madore <madore@quatramaran.ens.fr>] libc/1638: O_NOLINK documented but not implemented

[Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>]

Hi glibc folks,

we received the appended bug report - and it's not the first time that
a sentence like:
 "The following three file name translation flags exist only in the GNU system."

caused confusion.  The glibc manual means here really the Hurd.  I'd
like to change this and other occurences of "GNU system" to a phrase
which doesn't cause os much confusion and bug reports.

Hurd developers, what's a good and significant phrase?  Should I call
it "GNU/Hurd system" like RMS coined the "GNU/Linux system"?

Andreas

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• Subject: libc/1638: O_NOLINK documented but not implemented
• From: David Madore <madore at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>
• Date: Wed Mar 8 09:21:38 2000

Topics:
   libc/1638: O_NOLINK documented but not implemented


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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:06:33 +0100
From: David Madore <madore@quatramaran.ens.fr>
To: bugs@gnu.org
Subject: libc/1638: O_NOLINK documented but not implemented
Message-Id: <200003072206.XAA14123@quatramaran.ens.fr>


>Number:         1638
>Category:       libc
>Synopsis:       The O_NOLINK flag for open() is in the doc but not in headers
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    libc-gnats
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   unknown
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 07 17:10:01 EST 2000
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Madore
>Organization:
 
>Release:        libc-2.1.2
>Environment:
Host type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
System: Linux quatramaran.ens.fr 2.2.12-20 #1 Mon Sep 27 10:40:35 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
Architecture: i686

Addons: crypt glibc-compat linuxthreads
Build CFLAGS: -O3 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -g
Build CC: egcs
Compiler version: egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
Kernel headers: 2.2.12-20
Symbol versioning: yes
Build static: yes
Build shared: yes
Build pic-default: no
Build profile: yes
Build omitfp: no
Build bounded: no
Build static-nss: no
Stdio: libio

>Description:
	The libc info page for `Open-time Flags' mentions O_NOLINK and
	other similar flags as `exist[ing] only in the GNU system',
	but they are not defined in the header files.  (We are
	abundantly told that `Linux' is a kernel of the `GNU' system;
	if in fact `Hurd' is meant, the doc should say `GNU/Hurd'
	instead.)
>How-To-Repeat:
	(Not applicable.)
>Fix:
	(Not applicable.)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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