Bug#555935: libc6-dev: strsignal(3) should be available without #define _GNU_SOURCE

[Norman Ramsey-2]

Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.9-24
Severity: normal

The man page for strsignal(3) claims that the function is not part of
any standard.   Actually the function is part of the POSIX standard,
as of 2008.  See

  http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strsignal.html

This means among other things that it should be possible to get the
function without

  #define _GNU_SOURCE

as described on the man page.  This will require a change to GNU libc.

I'm reporting to Debian rather than upstream because upstream says
that glibc bugs as part of a Linux distribution should be reported to
that distribution.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii  libc-dev-bin                  2.9-24     GNU C Library: Development binarie
ii  libc6                         2.9-24     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  linux-libc-dev                2.6.26-19  Linux support headers for userspac

Versions of packages libc6-dev recommends:
ii  gcc [c-compiler]             4:4.3.2-2   The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-2.95 [c-compiler]        1:2.95.4-27 The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.1 [c-compiler]         4.1.2-25    The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.3 [c-compiler]         4.3.2-1.1   The GNU C compiler

Versions of packages libc6-dev suggests:
ii  glibc-doc                     2.7-18     GNU C Library: Documentation
ii  manpages-dev                  3.05-1     Manual pages about using GNU/Linux

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Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.9-24
Severity: normal

The man page for strsignal(3) claims that the function is not part of
any standard.   Actually the function is part of the POSIX standard,
as of 2008.  See

  http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strsignal.html

This means among other things that it should be possible to get the
function without

  #define _GNU_SOURCE

as described on the man page.  This will require a change to GNU libc.

I'm reporting to Debian rather than upstream because upstream says
that glibc bugs as part of a Linux distribution should be reported to
that distribution.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii  libc-dev-bin                  2.9-24     GNU C Library: Development binarie
ii  libc6                         2.9-24     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  linux-libc-dev                2.6.26-19  Linux support headers for userspac

Versions of packages libc6-dev recommends:
ii  gcc [c-compiler]             4:4.3.2-2   The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-2.95 [c-compiler]        1:2.95.4-27 The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.1 [c-compiler]         4.1.2-25    The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.3 [c-compiler]         4.3.2-1.1   The GNU C compiler

Versions of packages libc6-dev suggests:
ii  glibc-doc                     2.7-18     GNU C Library: Documentation
ii  manpages-dev                  3.05-1     Manual pages about using GNU/Linux

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Version: 2.10-1

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 01:28:21PM -0500, Norman Ramsey wrote:

> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.9-24
> Severity: normal
>
> The man page for strsignal(3) claims that the function is not part of
> any standard.   Actually the function is part of the POSIX standard,
> as of 2008.  See
>
>   http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strsignal.html
>
> This means among other things that it should be possible to get the
> function without
>
>   #define _GNU_SOURCE
>
> as described on the man page.  This will require a change to GNU libc.
>

glibc 2.9 has been released before POSIX 2008 and is therefore not
compliant. glibc 2.10 is compliant with POSIX 2008, so you just have to
upgrade. Closing the bug.

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