From 2604afb1b2d9acc3c70b1214285f996200bf0358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 01:47:02 +0000 Subject: Update. 1997-09-21 03:19 Ulrich Drepper * 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 . 1997-09-20 16:45 Ulrich Drepper * hesiod/hesiod.c (hesiod_init): Use __secure_getenv to get HES_DOMAIN environment variable. Suggested by Mark Kettenis . * hesiod/README.hesiod: A bit of information about Hesiod and how to use it. Written by Mark Kettenis . 1997-09-20 05:15 Ulrich Drepper * 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 . 1997-09-19 21:42 David S. Miller * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/bits/types.h: ssize_t is a long long int. 1997-09-19 15:12 H.J. Lu * posix/Makefile (test-srcs): New, set to globtest. 1997-09-20 00:24 Ulrich Drepper * manual/filesys.texi: Document ftw, nftw and needed data types. 1997-09-19 12:53 H.J. Lu * sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h: Fix typo. 1997-09-19 14:11 Ulrich Drepper * 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 . * catgets/catgets.c (catopen): Correctly allocate string of nlspath. Reported by Charles C. Fu . 1997-09-18 13:30 Klaus Espenlaub * 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 * manual/search.texi: Document lsearch, lfind, the hsearch and tsearch functions. 1997-09-18 00:04 Ulrich Drepper * 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 * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_rela): Get rid of hack for handling flush opcode. Patch by Richard Henderson . --- manual/maint.texi | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'manual/maint.texi') diff --git a/manual/maint.texi b/manual/maint.texi index 3675c4f..d8e835f 100644 --- a/manual/maint.texi +++ b/manual/maint.texi @@ -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. -- cgit v1.1