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[Ulrich Drepper]

Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> writes:

> I'm not very confident that current mainline GCC will correctly
> compile glibc for the Hurd.  On the Hurd we use even more GNU-isms
> than the rest of the ports, and the GCC folks have a tendency to
> break those from time to time.

The mainline gcc is completely unable to compile glibc.  Regardless of
the architecture and OS.

> where __libc_clk_tck() is basically what's now the new __getclktck()
> function.  Note the const attribute.  Is it possible to make
> __sysconf() a const function too?

Probably, yes.

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