32bit UID support for glibc 2.1.3

[Andreas Jaeger]

>>>>> Chris Wing writes:

Chris> Ulrich:
>> I want to have a 2.2 patch first.  Currently I'm not wiling to apply
>> the patch to 2.1 and certainly not to 2.1.3.  There was not enough
>> testing, especially compatibility.  Woul you bet that nothing was
>> overlooked?

Chris> That sounds perfectly reasonable. My main goal is to have 32-bit UIDs
Chris> stable and "working out of the box" for the future Linux distributions
Chris> based on Linux 2.4.

Chris> Out of curiosity, what new features can we look forward to in glibc 2.2,
Chris> and in what timeframe do you expect it will be released?

So far the following entries are noted in NEWS:
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Version 2.2

* Thorsten Kukuk added secure mode support to nscd.

* The Berkeley db libraries have been removed.

* Wide character I/O streams implemented by Ulrich Drepper.

* functions from the extended socket API added by Ulrich Drepper.

* Functions feenableexcept and fedisableexcept to control the
  behaviour of individual exceptions have been added by Andreas Jaeger.

* ldconfig program added by Andreas Jaeger and Jakub Jelinek.

* The resolver code has been updated from bind 8.2.2-5 which supports
  threads.  No changes should be necessary for user programs.  The
  integration was done by Andreas Jaeger and Adam D. Bradley.

* Compatibility code for K&R C compilers has been removed from the
  header files.  A ISO C compiler is needed to use the library
  (conforming to either C89 or C99 standard).

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Directly I don't know what else should be mentioned besides a
reimplementation of localedef, ISO C99 compatibility, the usual number
of bug fixes and documentation updates, and a software floating point
emulation.

I don't know about a definite timeframe, Uli?

Andreas
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