__libc symbols

[Roland McGrath]

> 1- Some well known functions defined in POSIX as a different cancellation
> semantic in DCE. 

Define your own functions by these names in your own library, and have
applications link against that.

> That don't work anymore. What can I do? Should I code myselves the
> /__libc_pause()/ with POSIX functions? Is it what you suggest? Or is there
> another way to obtain the above wrapper with the new glibc? 

You can use dlsym, RTLD_NEXT to find the original libc functions to call
rather than calling __libc_*.