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@@ -210,17 +210,15 @@ Last reviewed up to the [[Git mirror's 64a17f1adde4715bb6607f64decd73b2df9e6852
make[1]: Leaving directory `/media/boole-data/thomas/tmp/gnu-0/src/glibc'
make: *** [all] Error 2
- * <a id=missing>Missing interfaces, amongst many more.</a>
+ * <a id=missing>Missing Interfaces</a>
- IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-25:
+ We have posted a [[Google Summer of Code project proposal|community/gsoc]]:
- <tschwinge> youpi et al.: Is it a useful GSoC task to have the student
- implement interfaces in glibc that we are currently missing?
- <braunr> tschwinge: definitely
- <braunr> posix_timers would be great
- <youpi> tschwinge: probably
+ [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites" show=0 feeds=no
+ actions=yes]]
- Many more are missing, some of which have been announced in `NEWS`, others
+ Many are missing for GNU Hurd, some of which have been announced in
+ [`NEWS`](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=NEWS), others
typically haven't (like new flags to existing functions). Typically,
porters will notice missing functionaly. But in case you're looking for
something to work on, here's a bit of a commented list, otherwise go
@@ -1855,6 +1853,42 @@ Last reviewed up to the [[Git mirror's 64a17f1adde4715bb6607f64decd73b2df9e6852
<braunr> teythoon: i think it should be in glibc
<braunr> maybe in mach/
+ * [[POSIX file record locking|file_locking]]
+
+ * <a name="execve_relative_paths">`execve` with relative paths</a>
+
+ [[!GNU_Savannah_bug 28934]], [[user/pochu]], [[!message-id
+ "4BFA500A.7030502@gmail.com"]].
+
+ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-05:
+
+ <teythoon> youpi: what about the exec_filename patch series? [...]
+ <youpi> Roland was disagreeing with it
+
+ * <a name="mount">`mount`/`umount`</a>
+
+ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-01:
+
+ <gnu_srs1> Hi, how to handle packages depending on mount.h, et al?
+ On Hurd mount/umount is supplied by hurd is not in libc?
+ <azeem> gnu_srs1: mount or mount.h?
+ <gnu_srs1> mount.h et al
+ <gnu_srs1> man 2 mount
+ <azeem> what is the question then?
+ <gnu_srs1> some packages expect the mount 2 functionality
+ available, not by the external command mount/umonut
+ <gnu_srs1> umount*
+ <gnu_srs1> azeem: one example is fuse
+ <teythoon> gnu_srs1: that is correct
+ <teythoon> gnu_srs1: i put a small hacks entry in the list about
+ moving the mount/umount functionality from our utilities to the
+ libc
+
+ * <a name="posix_timers">POSIX Timers</a>
+
+ `timer_create`, `timer_delete`, [[`clock_gettime`|clock_gettime]], and
+ so on.
+
For specific packages:
* <a id=octave>[[octave]]</a>