Debian bug report logs - #1607, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1607: sysinfo(2) documented and implemented but not in libc
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From: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
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Package: libc
Version: 4.6.27-6

The sysinfo system call is documented (manpages 1.8-1), implemented in
the kernel (vanilla 1.2.13) and made available to user programs that
#include the right <linux/*> files, but it doesn't appear to be in the
libc.  I get:

/u/ian/things/debian/dpkg-1.0.1/main/filesdb.c:407: undefined reference to `sysinfo'

Using nm on /usr/lib/libc.a confirms that there is no `sysinfo' entry
point.

It also doesn't seem to be in any of the `normal' libc headers (ie,
<sys/*.h>, rather than <linux/*.h>).

Ian.

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#1607: Acknowledgement (was: sysinfo(2) documented and implemented but not in libc)
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