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   1 This directory contains the version VERSION release of the GNU C Library.
   2 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
   3 Some bugs surely remain.
   4
   5 As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following
   6 configurations:
   7
   8                 *-*-gnu                 GNU Hurd
   9                 i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu   Linux-2.x on Intel
  10                 m68k-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
  11                 alpha*-*-linux-gnu      Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
  12                 powerpc-*-linux-gnu     Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
  13                 sparc-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on SPARC
  14                 sparc64-*-linux-gnu     Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
  15                 arm-*-none              ARM standalone systems
  16                 arm-*-linux             Linux-2.x on ARM
  17                 arm-*-linuxaout         Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
  18                 mips*-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on MIPS
  19                 ia64-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.x on ia64
  20                 s390-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.x on IBM S/390
  21                 s390x-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on IBM S/390 64-bit
  22                 cris-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.4+ on CRIS
  23
  24 Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
  25 versions) used to run on the following configurations:
  26
  27                 alpha-dec-osf1
  28                 i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3
  29                 i[3456]86-*-isc2.2
  30                 i[3456]86-*-isc3
  31                 i[3456]86-*-sco3.2
  32                 i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4
  33                 i[3456]86-*-sysv
  34                 i[3456]86-*-sysv4
  35                 i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
  36                 i[3456]86-sequent-bsd
  37                 i960-nindy960-none
  38                 m68k-hp-bsd4.3
  39                 m68k-mvme135-none
  40                 m68k-mvme136-none
  41                 m68k-sony-newsos3
  42                 m68k-sony-newsos4
  43                 m68k-sun-sunos4
  44                 mips-dec-ultrix4
  45                 mips-sgi-irix4
  46                 sparc-sun-solaris2
  47                 sparc-sun-sunos4
  48
  49 Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
  50 these are not supported at the moment.  It's expected that these don't
  51 work anymore.  Porting the library is not hard.  If you are interested
  52 in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
  53 electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
  54
  55 There are some add-ons which can be used together with GNU libc.  They
  56 are designed in a way to ease the installation by integrating them in
  57 the libc source tree.  Simply get the add-ons you need and use the
  58 --enable-add-ons option of the `configure' script to tell where the
  59 add-ons are found.  Please read the FAQ file for more details.
  60
  61 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
  62 the GNU C library.  You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
  63 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
  64
  65 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
  66 in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated and
  67 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
  68 have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
  69 Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and
  70 not to the library bug-reporting address.
  71
  72 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
  73 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
  74 facilities you want it to make available.
  75
  76 We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
  77 is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
  78 Simply run this shell script and fill in the information.  Nevertheless
  79 you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
  80 mails.
  81
  82 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
  83 conditions.