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@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ from underneath. If you are upgrading from a previous installation of glibc 2.0 or 2.1, `make install' will do the entire job. If you're upgrading from Linux libc5 or some other C library, you need to rename the old -`/usr/include' directory out of the way first, or you will end up with -a mixture of header files from both libraries, and you won't be able to -compile anything. You may also need to reconfigure GCC to work with -the new library. The easiest way to do that is to figure out the -compiler switches to make it work again +`/usr/include' directory out of the way before running `make install', +or you will end up with a mixture of header files from both libraries, +and you won't be able to compile anything. You may also need to +reconfigure GCC to work with the new library. The easiest way to do +that is to figure out the compiler switches to make it work again (`-Wl,-dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-linux.so.2' should work on Linux systems) and use them to recompile gcc. You can also edit the specs file (`/usr/lib/gcc-lib/TARGET/VERSION/specs'), but that is a bit of a black @@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ environment or preparing a binary distribution. may not want to run. `nscd' caches name service lookups; it can dramatically improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as well. `utmpd' allows programs that use the old format for the `utmp' -file to coexist with new programs. For more information see the files -`nscd/README' and `login/README.utmpd'. +file to coexist with new programs. For more information see the file +`login/README.utmpd'. One auxiliary program, `/usr/libexec/pt_chown', is installed setuid `root'. This program is invoked by the `grantpt' function; it sets the @@ -246,16 +246,17 @@ build the GNU C library: bugs which only show up in big projects like GNU `libc'. Version 3.76.1 seems OK but some people have reported problems. - * EGCS 1.1.1, 1.1 or 1.0.3 + * EGCS 1.1.1, 1.1 or 1.0.3, or GCC 2.8.1 The GNU C library can only be compiled with the GNU C compiler family. As of the 2.1 release, EGCS 1.0.3 or higher is required. - GCC 2.8.1 cannot be used due to an incompatible implementation of - some internal compiler support routines; see the FAQ for details. - GCC 2.7.x is simply too buggy. You can use whatever compiler you - like to compile programs that use GNU libc, but be aware that both - GCC 2.7 and 2.8 have bugs in their floating-point support that may - be triggered by the math library. + GCC 2.8.1 can also be used (but see the FAQ for reasons why you + might not want to). Earlier versions simply are too buggy. + + You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that + use GNU libc, but be aware that both GCC 2.7 and 2.8 have bugs in + their floating-point support that may be triggered by the math + library. On Alpha machines you need at least EGCS 1.1.1. Earlier versions don't work reliably. @@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ build the GNU C library: For PPC you might need some patches even on top of the last binutils version. See the FAQ. - * GNU `texinfo' 3.11 + * GNU `texinfo' 3.12f To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you need this version of the `texinfo' package. Earlier versions do |