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diff --git a/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml index 25eebcd4c..75b630f10 100644 --- a/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml @@ -177,32 +177,44 @@ lines.</para></sect4> memory usage of a program.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>libnsl, libnsl_p</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>libnsl is the network services library.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>libnss_compat, libnss_dns, libnss_files, libnss_hesiod, libnss_nis, libnss_nisplus</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The basic idea is to put the implementation of the different services +offered to access the databases in separate modules. This has some +advantages:</para> +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Contributors can add new services without adding them to +GNU C Library.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>The modules can be updated separately.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>The C library image is smaller.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist></sect4> <sect4><title>libpcprofile</title> <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>libpthread, libpthread_p</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The POSIX threads library.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>libresolv, libresolv_p</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>Functions in this library provide for creating, sending, and +interpreting packets to the Internet domain name servers.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>librpcsvc, librpcsvc_p</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>Functions in this library provide miscellaneous RPC services.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>librt, librt_p</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>Functions in this library provide most of the interfaces specified by +the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>libthread_db</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>Functions is this library are useful for building debuggers for +multi-threaded programs.</para></sect4> -<sect4><title>libutil, libutil</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<sect4><title>libutil, libutil_p</title> +<para>Contains code for "standard" functions used in many different unix +utilities.</para></sect4> </sect3> |