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diff --git a/docs/uClibc_vs_SuSv3.txt b/docs/uClibc_vs_SuSv3.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a86328a58 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/uClibc_vs_SuSv3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +uClibc attempts to fully (and rigorously) support "The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6 IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition" (aka SuSv3). However, as +with any standard, they sometimes require things that are either impossible or +are Completely Stupid(tm). Therefore, we cannot claim full compliance, and +there may be some area of uClibc that differ from the requirements of this +specification. This document attempts to list these differences and, when +completed, will contain a full list of all relevant differences between uClibc +and the requirements of the SuSv3. + + +1) The uClibc setlocale() function is not threadsafe. + + SuSv3 states that "The locale state is common to all threads + within a process.". But it does not explicitly mention + setlocale() as a function that need not be thread-safe. + Making setlocale() threadsafe would require an absurd amount + of locking (i.e. inside each and every ctype call such as + isalpha()). Furthermore, we consider calling setlocale() + from N threads concurrently while using string functions to + be a terribly dumb thing to do. Therefore, we have decided + that setlocale() shall not be threadsafe. If you are + multi-threaded, and you wish to change the global locale + state, please take care to prevent all other threads from + using any locale or ctype functions until the setlocale() + call has finished. + +2) Some functions required by SuSv3 are not currently implemented. + The function you are mostly likely to encounter is wordexp(). + A couple of years ago, nobody used wordexp. Now some apps do. + One of these days, someone may provide us with a well written + patch to implement it... + +More to follow when we think of it... + |