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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-09-21 01:47:02 +0000
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1997-09-21 03:19 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * libio/libio.h: More libstdc++ cleanups. Define _IO_USE_DTOA if _G_HAVE_PRINTF_FP is not defined. * libio/strops.c: Undo patch of 1997-07-08 02:18. Must find a different solution for the problem. * misc/search.h [__USE_GNU]: Define comparison_fn_t. * stdlib/stdlib.h: Define comparison_fn_t only if __COMPAR_FN_T is not defined. Fix typo. Pretty print inline functions. * sysdeps/i386/i486/string.h (__stpcpy_small): Increment __cp not cp. Patch by HJ Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. 1997-09-20 16:45 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * hesiod/hesiod.c (hesiod_init): Use __secure_getenv to get HES_DOMAIN environment variable. Suggested by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>. * hesiod/README.hesiod: A bit of information about Hesiod and how to use it. Written by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>. 1997-09-20 05:15 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/maint.texi: Update requirement list. * io/ftw.h: Don't use parameter names from global namespace in prototypes. * stdlib/strtol.c: If used outside glibc handle broken systems which have character classification functions which are not 8-bit clean gracefully. Patch by Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>. 1997-09-19 21:42 David S. Miller <davem@tanya.rutgers.edu> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/bits/types.h: ssize_t is a long long int. 1997-09-19 15:12 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> * posix/Makefile (test-srcs): New, set to globtest. 1997-09-20 00:24 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/filesys.texi: Document ftw, nftw and needed data types. 1997-09-19 12:53 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> * sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h: Fix typo. 1997-09-19 14:11 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * io/ftwtest.c (cb): Print level. * io/ftwtest-sh: Updated for ftwtest.c change. * string/argz.h (__argz_next): Cast NULL to char * to satisfy C++ compilers. Reported by Mirko Streckenbach <mirko@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de>. * catgets/catgets.c (catopen): Correctly allocate string of nlspath. Reported by Charles C. Fu <ccwf@klab.caltech.edu>. 1997-09-18 13:30 Klaus Espenlaub <kespenla@student.informatik.uni-ulm.de> * sysdeps/i386/init-first.c: Call __getopt_clean_environment with additional argument. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/init-first.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/mips/init-first.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/init-first.c: Likewise. 1997-09-18 03:16 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/search.texi: Document lsearch, lfind, the hsearch and tsearch functions. 1997-09-18 00:04 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * misc/hsearch_r.c (hsearch_r): Only return error for ENTER action if the table is full and we *really* have to enter a new entry. 1997-09-17 19:44 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_rela): Get rid of hack for handling flush opcode. Patch by Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>.
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@@ -176,11 +176,15 @@ facilities, type @code{make check}. This will produce several files
with names like @file{@var{program}.out}.
To format the @cite{GNU C Library Reference Manual} for printing, type
-@w{@code{make dvi}}.
+@w{@code{make dvi}}. You need a working @TeX{} installation to do this.
To install the library and its header files, and the Info files of the
manual, type @code{make install}. This will build things if necessary,
-before installing them.@refill
+before installing them. If you want to install the files in a different
+place than the one specified at configuration time you can specify a
+value for the Makefile variable @code{install_root} on the command line.
+This is useful to create chroot'ed environment or to prepare binary
+releases.@refill
@node Tools for Installation
@appendixsubsec Recommended Tools to Install the GNU C Library
@@ -192,15 +196,17 @@ build the GNU C library:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-@code{make} 3.75
+@code{make} 3.76.1
You need the latest version of GNU @code{make}. Modifying the GNU C
Library to work with other @code{make} programs would be so hard that we
-recommend you port GNU @code{make} instead. @strong{Really.}
-We recommend version GNU @code{make} version 3.75 or later.
+recommend you port GNU @code{make} instead. @strong{Really.} We
+recommend version GNU @code{make} version 3.75, 3.76.1 or later.
+Version 3.76 is known to have a bug which only shows up in big projects
+like GNU @code{libc}.
@item
-GCC 2.7.2
+GCC 2.7.2.3
On most platforms, the GNU C library can only be compiled with the GNU C
compiler. We recommend GCC version 2.7.2 or later; earlier versions may
@@ -216,8 +222,43 @@ Using the GNU @code{binutils} (assembler, linker, and related tools) is
preferable when possible, and they are required to build an ELF shared C
library. We recommend @code{binutils} version 2.8.1 or later; earlier
versions are known to have problems or to not support all architectures.
+
+@item
+@code{texinfo} 3.11
+
+To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you need
+this version of the @code{texinfo} package. Former versions did not
+understand all the tags used in the document and also the installation
+mechanisms for the info files was not present or worked differently.
+
+On some Debian Linux based systems the used @code{install-info} program
+works differently. Here you have to run make like this:
+
+@smallexample
+make INSTALL_INFO=/path/to/GNU/install-info install
+@end smallexample
+@end itemize
+
+If you change any configuration file you will need also
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@code{autoconf} 2.12
@end itemize
+@noindent
+and if you change any of the message translation files you will also need
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@code{GNU gettext} 0.10 or later
+@end itemize
+
+@noindent
+If you upgrade your source tree using the patches made available you probably
+will need those package above in any case.
+
+
@node Supported Configurations
@appendixsubsec Supported Configurations
@cindex configurations, all supported
@@ -834,7 +875,7 @@ The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were
contributed by Michael Glad.
@item
-The @code{ftw} function was contributed by Ian Lance Taylor.
+The @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} function was contributed by Ulrich Drepper.
@item
The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by
@@ -894,6 +935,11 @@ The port to Linux/m68k (@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) was
contributed by Andreas Schwab.
@item
+The ports to Linux/ARM (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM
+standalone (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as parts of the
+IPv6 support code, were contributed by Philip Blundell.
+
+@item
Richard Henderson contributed the ELF dynamic linking code and other
support for the Alpha processor.