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Re: Clean up glibc version numbers in manual
I've committed this patch in the following form (which also updates the
copyright notice in libc.texinfo and makes it use @copyright{} for the
copyright symbol and a range for the years). So far as there were
comments they just seemed to be suggesting *other* old versions to clean
up, not objecting to this part of the cleanup - and as each cleanup is
likely to affect text also affected by other cleanups, it seems a good
idea to get such cleanups in quickly.
Incidental observation: the preexisting use of @copying means that at
least Texinfo 4.2 is in fact required for the manual (not 4.0 as accepted
by the configure script, or 3.12f as indicated in install.texi).
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ea30b9..366d891 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
2012-02-21 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+ * manual/install.texi: Do not mention specific glibc version
+ numbers.
+ * manual/libc.texinfo (VERSION, UPDATED): Update.
+ (@copying): Use @copyright{} and range of years.
+
+2012-02-21 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
[BZ #13695]
* csu/Makefile (distribute): Remove initfini.c and defs.awk.
[crti.S not in sysdirs] (generated): Do not append.
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 61ff23c..8bfd5f1 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ GNU Make, and possibly others. @xref{Tools for Compilation}, below.
GNU libc cannot be compiled in the source directory. You must build
it in a separate build directory. For example, if you have unpacked
-the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-2.4}, create a directory
+the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-@var{version}}, create a directory
@file{/src/gnu/glibc-build} to put the object files in. This allows
removing the whole build directory in case an error occurs, which is
the safest way to get a fresh start and should always be done.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ From your object directory, run the shell script @file{configure} located
at the top level of the source tree. In the scenario above, you'd type
@smallexample
-$ ../glibc-2.4/configure @var{args@dots{}}
+$ ../glibc-@var{version}/configure @var{args@dots{}}
@end smallexample
Please note that even though you're building in a separate build
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ spaces or commas (if you use spaces, remember to quote them from the
shell). Each add-on in @var{list} can be an absolute directory name
or can be a directory name relative to the main source directory, or
relative to the build directory (that is, the current working directory).
-For example, @samp{--enable-add-ons=nptl,../glibc-libidn-2.4}.
+For example, @samp{--enable-add-ons=nptl,../glibc-libidn-@var{version}}.
@item --enable-kernel=@var{version}
This option is currently only useful on GNU/Linux systems. The
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ paths for installation. This is useful when setting up a chroot
environment or preparing a binary distribution. The directory should be
specified with an absolute file name.
-Glibc 2.2 includes a daemon called @code{nscd}, which you
+Glibc includes a daemon called @code{nscd}, which you
may or may not want to run. @code{nscd} caches name service lookups; it
can dramatically improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as
well.
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ bugs or lack features.
@item
GCC 3.4 or newer, GCC 4.1 recommended
-For the 2.4 release or later, GCC 3.4 or higher is required; as of this
+GCC 3.4 or higher is required; as of this
writing, GCC 4.4 is the compiler we advise to use for current versions.
On certain machines including @code{powerpc64}, compilers prior to GCC
-4.0 have bugs that prevent them compiling the C library code in the
-2.4 release. On other machines, GCC 4.1 is required to build the C
+4.0 have bugs that prevent them compiling the C library code. On other
+machines, GCC 4.1 is required to build the C
library with support for the correct @code{long double} type format;
these include @code{powerpc} (32 bit), @code{s390} and @code{s390x}. For
other architectures special compiler-provided headers are needed
diff --git a/manual/libc.texinfo b/manual/libc.texinfo
index dfbfac3..0ac764f 100644
--- a/manual/libc.texinfo
+++ b/manual/libc.texinfo
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
@c sold 0.06/1.09, print run out 21may96
@set EDITION 0.13
-@set VERSION 2.14
-@set UPDATED 2011-07-19
+@set VERSION 2.15.90
+@set UPDATED 2012-02-21
@set ISBN 1-882114-55-8
@copying
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ This file documents the GNU C library.
This is Edition @value{EDITION}, last updated @value{UPDATED},
of @cite{The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for version @value{VERSION}.
-Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002,
-2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1993--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com