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Fri Jul 5 12:22:51 1996 Roland McGrath <roland@delasyd.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

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Frequently Asked Question on GNU C Library
As every FAQ this one also tries to answer questions the user might have
when using the pacakge. Please make sure you read this before sending
when using the package. Please make sure you read this before sending
questions or bug reports to the maintainers.
The GNU C Library is very complex. The building process exploits the
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[Q9] ``Why does getlogin() always return NULL on my Linux box?''
[Q10] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many
systems?''
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[Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?''
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[Q10] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many
systems?''
[A10] {UD} These constants come from the old BSD days and are not used
today anymore (even the Linux based glibc does not implement the handling
although the cosntants are defined).
Instead GNU libc contains the zone database handling and compatibility
code for POSIX TZ environment variable handling.
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Answers were given by:
{UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com>