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@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@ installation. It is updated more frequently than this manual. Features can be added to GNU Libc via "add-on" bundles. These are separate tar files, which you unpack into the top level of the source tree. Then you give `configure' the `--enable-add-ons' option to -activate them, and they will be compiled into the library. As of the -2.2 release, one important component of glibc is distributed as -"official" add-ons: the linuxthreads add-on. Unless you are doing an -unusual installation, you should get this. - - Support for POSIX threads is maintained by someone else, so it's in a -separate package. It is only available for GNU/Linux systems, but this -will change in the future. Get it from the same place you got the main -bundle; the file is `glibc-linuxthreads-VERSION.tar.gz'. +activate them, and they will be compiled into the library. You will need recent versions of several GNU tools: definitely GCC and GNU Make, and possibly others. *Note Tools for Compilation::, @@ -84,8 +76,7 @@ will be used, and CFLAGS sets optimization options for the compiler. specified with no list, it enables all the add-on packages it finds. If you do not wish to use some add-on packages that you have present in your source tree, give this option a list of the - add-ons that you _do_ want used, like this: - `--enable-add-ons=linuxthreads' + add-ons that you _do_ want used, like this: `--enable-add-ons=nptl' `--enable-kernel=VERSION' This option is currently only useful on GNU/Linux systems. The @@ -302,11 +293,18 @@ build the GNU C library: recommend GNU `make' version 3.79. All earlier versions have severe bugs or lack features. - * GCC 3.2 or newer + * GCC 3.4 or newer, GCC 4.1 recommended The GNU C library can only be compiled with the GNU C compiler - family. As of the 2.3 release, GCC 3.2 or higher is required. As - of this writing, GCC 3.2 is the compiler we advise to use. + family. For the 2.3 releases, GCC 3.2 or higher is required; GCC + 3.4 is the compiler we advise to use for 2.3 versions. For the + 2.4 release, GCC 3.4 or higher is required; as of this writing, + GCC 4.1 is the compiler we advise to use for current versions. On + certain machines including `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 + library with support for the correct `long double' type format; + these include `powerpc' (32 bit), `s390' and `s390x'. 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 @@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ build the GNU C library: Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular platforms. - * GNU `binutils' 2.13 or later + * GNU `binutils' 2.15 or later You must use GNU `binutils' (as and ld) to build the GNU C library. No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the @@ -330,11 +328,10 @@ build the GNU C library: installation mechanism for the info files is not present or works differently. - * GNU `awk' 3.0, or some other POSIX awk + * GNU `awk' 3.0, or higher - `Awk' is used in several places to generate files. The scripts - should work with any POSIX-compliant `awk' implementation; `gawk' - 3.0 and `mawk' 1.3 are known to work. + `Awk' is used in several places to generate files. `gawk' 3.0 is + known to work. * Perl 5 |