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1228ed5c | 1 | This directory contains the version 2.0.1 test release of the GNU C Library. |
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2 | Many bugs have been fixed since the last release. |
3 | Some bugs surely remain. | |
4 | ||
845dcb57 | 5 | As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following |
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6 | configurations: |
7 | ||
845dcb57 | 8 | *-*-gnu GNU Hurd |
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9 | i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Intel |
10 | m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0 | |
11 | alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha | |
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13 | ||
14 | Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier | |
15 | versions) used to run on the following configurations: | |
16 | ||
28f540f4 | 17 | alpha-dec-osf1 |
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18 | i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3 |
19 | i[3456]86-*-isc2.2 | |
20 | i[3456]86-*-isc3 | |
21 | i[3456]86-*-sco3.2 | |
22 | i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4 | |
23 | i[3456]86-*-sysv | |
24 | i[3456]86-*-sysv4 | |
25 | i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none | |
26 | i[3456]86-sequent-bsd | |
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27 | i960-nindy960-none |
28 | m68k-hp-bsd4.3 | |
29 | m68k-mvme135-none | |
30 | m68k-mvme136-none | |
31 | m68k-sony-newsos3 | |
32 | m68k-sony-newsos4 | |
33 | m68k-sun-sunos4 | |
34 | mips-dec-ultrix4 | |
35 | mips-sgi-irix4 | |
36 | sparc-sun-solaris2 | |
37 | sparc-sun-sunos4 | |
38 | ||
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39 | Whether this is still true for this release is unknown. Porting the |
40 | library is not hard. If you are interested in doing a port, please | |
41 | get on the mailing list by sending electronic mail to | |
bdf289b2 | 42 | <bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu>. |
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43 | |
44 | The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which | |
45 | provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points. | |
46 | Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations, | |
47 | we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C | |
48 | library. There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is | |
1228ed5c | 49 | called `glibc-crypt-2.0.1.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt |
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50 | distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can |
51 | also build the library without getting crypt. Users outside the USA | |
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52 | can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.ifi.uio.no |
53 | [129.240.64.21], or another archive site outside the USA. Archive | |
28f540f4 | 54 | maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives |
bdf289b2 | 55 | outside the USA. Please get it from ftp.ifi.uio.no; transferring this |
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56 | distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site in the USA) to a |
57 | site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws. | |
58 | ||
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59 | Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be |
60 | used together with GNU libc. They are designed in a way to ease the | |
61 | installation by integrating them in the libc source tree. Simply get the | |
62 | add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure' | |
63 | script to tell where the add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for | |
64 | more details. | |
65 | ||
28f540f4 | 66 | See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port |
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67 | the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the |
68 | GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html. | |
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69 | |
70 | The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found | |
71 | in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and | |
72 | contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have | |
73 | the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like. Please | |
bdf289b2 | 74 | send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu>, and |
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75 | not to the library bug-reporting address. |
76 | ||
77 | The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used | |
78 | in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what | |
79 | facilities you want it to make available. | |
80 | ||
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81 | We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which |
82 | is install together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. | |
83 | Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless | |
84 | you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> as normal | |
85 | electronic mails. | |
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86 | |
87 | The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying | |
88 | conditions. |