Debian bug report logs - #1607 sysinfo(2) documented and implemented but not in libc Package: libc ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; 23 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Sun Oct 8 12:13:31 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t21AB-000ANAC; Sun, 8 Oct 95 12:13 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08564 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 8 Oct 1995 12:13:10 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t21A7-000BzMC; Sun, 8 Oct 95 20:13 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 8 Oct 95 19:55 BST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 8 Oct 95 19:55 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: sysinfo(2) documented and implemented but not in libc 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 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, , rather than ). Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1607 ; Package libc . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov