[PATCH] [patchwork-test] Make glibc into a C++ library

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@sourceware.org
Thu Apr 30 02:15:23 GMT 2020


C is for old people and C++ is the future.  Start by changing the
README, we can get to changing the library later.
---
 README | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 31c5da0405..f2669be72f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-This directory contains the sources of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the sources of the GNU C++ Library.
 See the file "version.h" for what release version you have.
 
-The GNU C Library is the standard system C library for all GNU systems,
+The GNU C++ Library is the standard system C library for all GNU systems,
 and is an important part of what makes up a GNU system.  It provides the
 system API for all programs written in C and C-compatible languages such
 as C++ and Objective C; the runtime facilities of other programming
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ In GNU/Linux systems, the C library works with the Linux kernel to
 implement the operating system behavior seen by user applications.
 In GNU/Hurd systems, it works with a microkernel and Hurd servers.
 
-The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the
+The GNU C++ Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the
 GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[4567]86-*-gnu.
 
-When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C Library
+When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C++ Library
 requires Linux kernel version 3.2 or later.
 
 Also note that the shared version of the libgcc_s library must be
 installed for the pthread library to work correctly.
 
-The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels:
+The GNU C++ Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels:
 
 	aarch64*-*-linux-gnu
 	alpha*-*-linux-gnu
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ maintainers; see https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more
 information.
 
 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, and install
-the GNU C Library.  You might also consider reading the WWW pages for
+the GNU C++ Library.  You might also consider reading the WWW pages for
 the C library at https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/.
 
-The GNU C Library is (almost) completely documented by the Texinfo manual
+The GNU C++ Library is (almost) completely documented by the Texinfo manual
 found in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated
 and contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
 have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.  For
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Please see https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html for bug reporting
 information.  We are now using the Bugzilla system to track all bug reports.
 This web page gives detailed information on how to report bugs properly.
 
-The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
+The GNU C++ Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
 conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
 these additional notices to be distributed.  License copyright years may be
 listed using range notation, e.g., 1996-2015, indicating that every year in
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2.25.3



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