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@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ Removed. Does not apply anymore.
daylight saving time is in effect the timezone string is EST.
4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets
segmentation faults.
+
+Removed. Does not apply anymore, use make 3.79 or newer.
4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation?
4.8. The conversion table for character set XX does not match with
what I expect.
@@ -202,13 +204,15 @@ in the future, are:
*-*-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
+ alpha*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
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
Ports to other Linux platforms are in development, and may in fact work
already, but no one has sent us success reports for them. Currently no
@@ -261,11 +265,8 @@ problems in the complex float support.
{UD} You definitely need GNU make to build GNU libc. No other make
program has the needed functionality.
-We recommend version GNU make version 3.75 or 3.77. Versions before 3.75
-have bugs and/or are missing features. Version 3.76 has bugs which
-appear when building big projects like GNU libc. 3.76.1 appears to work but
-some people have reported problems. If you build GNU make 3.77 from source,
-please read question 4.6 first.
+We recommend version GNU make version 3.79 or newer. Older versions have
+bugs and/or are missing features.
1.4. Do I need a special linker or assembler?
@@ -562,9 +563,7 @@ model will also fail if the above methods are not used.
malloc/libmemprof.so. How can I fix this?
{AJ} Older make version (<= 3.78.90) have a bug which was hidden by a bug in
-glibc (<= 2.1.2). You need to upgrade make to a newer or fixed version. A
-patch is available via
-<http://sourceware.cygnus.com//ml/libc-alpha/2000-02/msg00067.html>.
+glibc (<= 2.1.2). You need to upgrade make to a newer or fixed version.
After upgrading make, you should remove the file sysd-sorted in your build
directory. The problem is that the broken make creates a wrong order for
@@ -572,7 +571,8 @@ one list in that file. The list has to be recreated with the new make -
which happens if you remove the file.
You might encounter this bug also in other situations where make scans
-directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version.
+directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version to 3.79 or
+newer.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
@@ -1736,11 +1736,9 @@ and regulations of the country this effects. glibc behaves correctly.
4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets
segmentation faults.
-{AJ} GNU make 3.77 has support for 64 bit filesystems which is slightly
-broken (and one of the new features in the GNU C library 2.1 is 64 bit
-filesystem support :-( ). To get a working make you can use either make
-3.75 or patch 3.77. A working patch is available via RedHat's Rawhide server
-(ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/SRPMS/SRPMS/make-3.77-*src.rpm).
+Removed. Does not apply anymore, use make 3.79 or newer.
+
+
4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation?