From 314ed0a58bff27fb2753395d2e42174f12fc1f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:10:00 +0000
Subject: Some minor doc updates
---
docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html | 59 +++++++++++-------------------------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
(limited to 'docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html')
diff --git a/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html b/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html
index 39861a018..11a3cef33 100644
--- a/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html
+++ b/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a>
builder from <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/toolchain/">
http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/toolchain/</a>, or the uClibc buildroot
system from <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/buildroot/">
- http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/buildroot/</a>, ajust the Makefile
+ http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/buildroot/</a>, adjust the Makefile
settings to match your target system, and then run 'make'.
<p>
@@ -260,47 +260,6 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a>
run your shell on a real console...
-<p>
-<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=left>
- <B>
- I have code that uses constructors and destructors. Why is it
- when I use uClibc, the ctors/dtors do not run?
- </B>
-</TD></TR>
-<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0">
-
- The uClibc compiler wrapper toolchain by default, does not
- enable constructor and destructor support for C code. It
- only enables ctors/dtors support by default for C++ code.
- If you have C code that uses ctors/dtors and you wish to use
- the uClibc compiler wrapper toolchain, you will need to add
- the <b>--uclibc-ctors</b> option to the gcc command line. i.e.
-
-<PRE>
- $ cat test.c
- #include <unistd.h>
-
- void __attribute__((constructor)) my_ctor(void)
- {
- char msg[]="I am a constructor!\n";
- write(2, msg, sizeof(msg));
- }
-
- int main(void)
- {
- _exit(42);
- }
-
- $ /usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin/i386-uclibc-gcc --uclibc-ctors ./test.c -o test
- $ ./test
- I am a constructor!
-</PRE>
-
- Another option is to build a native uClibc toolchain. Native toolchains
- always enable ctors/dtors support, even for C code.
-
-
-
<p>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=left>
<B>
@@ -312,7 +271,13 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a>
First run
<pre>export PATH=/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin:$PATH</pre>
(or similar adjusted for your target architecture) then run you can simply
- run autoconf/automake and it should _just work_.
+ run autoconf/automake and it should _just work_. Unfortunately, a large
+ number of configure scripts (such as the one from openssh) try to execute
+ test applications using your target C library, even if you are cross-
+ compiling. This is bad, since it will prevent these programs from compiling.
+ You need to complain to the authors of these programs and ask them to fix
+ their broken configure scripts.
+
@@ -352,6 +317,8 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a>
<a href="http://www.uclibc.org/lists/uclibc/2002-August/006261.html">
http://www.uclibc.org/lists/uclibc/2002-August/006261.html</a> in the uClibc
mailing list archive.
+ You can store the value of TZ in the file '/etc/TZ' and uClibc will then
+ automagically use the specified setting.
<p>
@@ -470,9 +437,9 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a>
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