[arch-general] Missing sys_siglist declaration

Eli Schwartz eschwartz at archlinux.org
Thu Oct 1 19:30:44 UTC 2020


On 10/1/20 3:28 PM, Hauke Fath wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 13:57:09 -0400, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote:
>> From the glibc 2.32 release notes:
>>
>> Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>> [...]
>> * The deprecated arrays sys_siglist, _sys_siglist, and sys_sigabbrev
>>   are no longer available to newly linked binaries, and their declarations
>>   have been removed from <string.h>.  They are exported solely as
>>   compatibility symbols to support old binaries.  All programs should use
>>   strsignal instead.
>>
>>
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=b1ccfc061feee9ce616444ded8e1cd5acf9fa97f
> 
> Thanks! I'll look into that. As I said, the strsignal(3) man page still 
> refers to sys_siglist, so that would need updating.

Indeed it does, you can report a documentation bug here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html

Thanks!

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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