Re: exec server and /dev/fd/N

[Samuel Thibault]

Emilio Pozuelo Monfort, le Tue 25 May 2010 23:03:43 +0200, a écrit :
> > Oh, I haven't noticed this file before.  :-)
> 
> It's the list of symbols libc.so should export. Since _hurd_exec is a public
> API, I guessed _file_name should be too. But if we don't want it to be 
> public, I
> can probably put the prototype in hurd/hurdexec.h and include "hurdexec.h" 
> from
> execve.c.

I believe it should be as public as _hurd_exec.

> > I don't really know how this file works but this seems to be a section
> > devoted to compatibility to an older version of glibc so I doubt this is
> > the correct place to put a new function.  You might want to ask Samuel
> > or Thomas about it, or if that fails, libc-alpha and Roland.

The additional symbol needs to be added to a new GLIBC_2.foobar stanza
corresponding to the version of glibc in which it'll eventuelly get
added.

Samuel