Open jobs for finishing GNU libc:
---------------------------------
-Status: April 1997
+Status: August 1997
If you have time and talent to take over any of the jobs below please
contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>
for the current status (of course better use a mirror of prep).
-[ 5] Write wordexp() function; this is described in POSIX.2, the
- header <wordexp.h> already exists.
-
- Implementation idea: use some functions from bash.
-
-**** Somebody is working on this. Help may or may not be appreciated.
-
-
[ 6] Write `long double' versions of the math functions. This should be
done in collaboration with the NetBSD and FreeBSD people.
int foo __P ((int, int, int, int));
Blargh!
+
+[16] Write an nss_hesiod module. The Hesiod daemon from the MIT Athena
+ project should be available. The goal is to avoid the ugly NIS
+ emulation interface and contacting the daemon directly.