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diff --git a/manual/maint.texi b/manual/maint.texi index 567db981a3..0c2ed5923e 100644 --- a/manual/maint.texi +++ b/manual/maint.texi @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ @menu * Source Layout:: How to add new functions or header files - to the GNU C library. -* Porting:: How to port the GNU C library to + to the GNU C Library. +* Porting:: How to port the GNU C Library to a new machine or operating system. @end menu @@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ This variable is used for secondary object files needed to build @end table @node Porting -@appendixsec Porting the GNU C Library +@appendixsec Porting @theglibc{} -The GNU C library is written to be easily portable to a variety of +@Theglibc{} is written to be easily portable to a variety of machines and operating systems. Machine- and operating system-dependent functions are well separated to make it easy to add implementations for new machines or operating systems. This section describes the layout of @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ the @file{sysdeps} hierarchy, parallel to @file{unix} and @file{mach}. @end table @node Porting to Unix -@appendixsubsec Porting the GNU C Library to Unix Systems +@appendixsubsec Porting @theglibc{} to Unix Systems Most Unix systems are fundamentally very similar. There are variations between different machines, and variations in what facilities are @@ -452,10 +452,10 @@ generated are @file{ioctls.h}, @file{errnos.h}, @file{sys/param.h}, and @c It's not anymore true. glibc 2.1 cannot be used with K&R compilers. @c --drepper -Although the GNU C library implements the @w{ISO C} library facilities, you -@emph{can} use the GNU C library with traditional, ``pre-ISO'' C +Although @theglibc{} implements the @w{ISO C} library facilities, you +@emph{can} use @theglibc{} with traditional, ``pre-ISO'' C compilers. However, you need to be careful because the content and -organization of the GNU C library header files differs from that of +organization of the @glibcadj{} header files differs from that of traditional C implementations. This means you may need to make changes to your program in order to get it to compile. @end ignore |