-This directory contains the version 1.09.6 test release of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the version 2.3.3 release of the GNU C Library.
Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
Some bugs surely remain.
-As of this release, the GNU C library has been ported to the following
+As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following
configurations:
+ *-*-gnu GNU Hurd
+ i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
+ m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
+ alpha*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
+ powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
+ powerpc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4.19+ on 64-bit PowerPC systems
+ sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
+ sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC 64-bit
+ arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
+ arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
+ arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
+ mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
+ ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
+ s390-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on IBM S/390
+ s390x-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on IBM S/390 64-bit
+ sh-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Super Hitachi
+ cris-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on CRIS
+ x86-64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on x86-64
+
+Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
+versions) used to run on the following configurations:
+
alpha-dec-osf1
- i386-bsd4.3
- i386-force_cpu386-none
- i386-gnu (for Hurd development only)
- i386-isc2.2
- i386-isc3
- i386-sco3.2
- i386-sco3.2v4
- i386-sequent-bsd
- i386-sysv
- i386-sysv4
+ i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3
+ i[3456]86-*-isc2.2
+ i[3456]86-*-isc3
+ i[3456]86-*-sco3.2
+ i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4
+ i[3456]86-*-sysv
+ i[3456]86-*-sysv4
+ i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
+ i[3456]86-sequent-bsd
i960-nindy960-none
m68k-hp-bsd4.3
m68k-mvme135-none
sparc-sun-solaris2
sparc-sun-sunos4
-Porting the library is not hard. If you are interested in doing a port,
-please get on the mailing list by sending electronic mail to
-bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
+these are not supported at the moment. It's expected that these don't
+work anymore. Porting the library is not hard. If you are interested
+in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
+electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
-The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
-provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
-Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations,
-we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C
-library. There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is
-called `glibc-1.09.6-crypt.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt
-distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can
-also build the library without getting crypt. Users outside the USA
-can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.uni-c.dk
-[129.142.6.74], or another archive site outside the USA. Archive
-maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives
-outside the USA. Please get it from ftp.uni-c.dk; transferring this
-distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site in the USA) to a
-site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws.
+There are some add-ons which can be used together with GNU libc. They
+are designed in a way to ease the installation by integrating them in
+the libc source tree. Simply get the add-ons you need and use the
+--enable-add-ons option of the `configure' script to tell where the
+add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for more details.
See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
-the GNU C library.
+the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
+GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and
-contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have
-the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like. Please
-send comments on the manual to bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu, and
+contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
+have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
+Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and
not to the library bug-reporting address.
The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
facilities you want it to make available.
-Send bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
+is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
+Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless
+you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
+mails.
The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
-conditions.
+conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
+these additional notices to be distributed.
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