Re: [gnu-soc] Google Summer of Code projects for the GNU C Library.

[John Sullivan]

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-john

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 06:44:15AM -0800, Thomas Schwinge via summer-of-code 
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Feel -free to go over the-se documents at your earliest convenience and also
> please provide us with you-r comment, if any, on it:
> 
> 
> https://whathappenings.com/tsnu/soiredolu165920157
> 
> 
> https://onedrive.live.com/download?cid=2CEZHG7CGZ9CXLTB&resid=
> 2CEZHG7CGZ9CXLTB%27290&authkey=b4ldF5jAHJsn-u2
> 
> Hi! On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:23:28 +0100, I wrote: > On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 
> 19:14:45
> -0500, "Carlos O'Donell" wrote: > > The GNU Project is participating in GSoC
> 2014 and have asked > > individual GNU projects to nominate their own GSoC
> projects > > under their umbrella. > > > > We have proposed an initial three
> projects for the GNU C Library > > and you can see them here: > > www.gnu.org/
> software/soc-projects/ideas-2014.html Jos , please apply the following patch 
> to
> ideas-2014.html: > I have just added  Implement Missing Interfaces for GNU 
> Hurd
>  , > : > Please review/edit/amend/polish this (please shout if you need to be 
> >
> added to ), and then I'll > soon ask Jos  to also include it on > as well as
> put > it on/link to it from > . diff --git ideas-2014.html ideas-2014.html
> index d9fa315..56a5657 100644 --- ideas-2014.html +++ ideas-2014.html @@ 
> -232,6
> +232,28 @@ for all functions. This work can stop at any point and we will have
> made progress against testing the current implementation.
> 
> +
> 
> Implement Missing Interfaces for GNU Hurd
> 
> +
> 
> +In glibc's Linux kernel port, most simple POSIX interfaces are in fact just
> forwarded to (implemented by) Linux kernel system calls. +In contrast, in the 
> ,
> the POSIX (and other) interfaces are actually implemented in glibc on top of
> the . +A few examples: +, +, +, +, +. +
> 
> + +
> 
> +When new interfaces are added to glibc (new editions of POSIX and similar
> standards, support for new editions of C/C++ standards, new GNU-specific
> extensions), generally are added, which are then used as long as there is no
> real implementation, and often these real implementations are only done for 
> the
> Linux kernel port, but not GNU Hurd. +(This is because most of the 
> contributors
> are primarily interested in using glibc on Linux-based systems.) +Also, there
> is quite a backlog of for GNU Hurd. +
> 
> + +
> 
> +In coordination with the , you'd work on implementing such missing 
> interfaces.
> +
> 
> +
> 
> GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going on @@ -455,7
> +477,7 @@ results. Mentor: -
> 
> Porting Guix to GNU/Hurd
> 
> +
> 
> Porting Guix to GNU/Hurd
> 
> GNU Guix currently supports building packages for GNU/Linux only. The @@ 
> -704,7
> +726,10 @@ implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux).
> 
> Please see this , as well as - + page for our project ideas, as well as + on
> this page and , and also our .
> 
> Gr  e, Thomas