glibc 2.1.3

Andreas Jaeger aj@suse.de
Fri Feb 25 00:36:00 GMT 2000


>>>>> Ulrich Drepper writes:

 > I've uploaded the 2.1.3 release of glibc to
 > 	ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/glibc/releases

 > There you can find the files

 > 	glibc-2.1.3.tar.bz2	(also .gz)
 > 	glibc-2.1.2-2.1.3.diff.gz
 > 	glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.3.tar.gz

 > There is no new crypt add-on since it hasn't changed.

I've uploaded the files now to ftp.gnu.org so that they will appear
soon on your local gnu mirror.

Please note that the crypt add-on is only available from ftp.gwdg.de
(see README or FAQ for details).

Andreas

 > This release fixes many bugs in all parts of the library and everybody
 > is encouraged to update.  Preferably through your distribution
 > provider since compiling glibc yourself means taking a risk unless you
 > know exactly what you are doing.

 > This release should be fully compatible (both directions) with glibc
 > 2.1.2.  The only part which changed is the format of the files
 > containing the locale data.  This can be easily fixed by running the
 > `localedef' program for the locales which get used on the system (or
 > by running `make localedata/install-locales' to update all of them).

-- 
 Andreas Jaeger
  SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
   private aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de


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