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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-03-08 01:27:38 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-03-08 01:27:38 +0000
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Clean up glibc manual references to "GNU system" (bug 6911).
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@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ directory, especially some files in the manual subdirectory.
mandatory is @samp{--prefix}. This option tells @code{configure}
where you want @theglibc{} installed. This defaults to @file{/usr/local},
but the normal setting to install as the standard system library is
-@samp{--prefix=/usr} for GNU/Linux systems and @samp{--prefix=} (an
-empty prefix) for GNU/Hurd systems.
+@samp{--prefix=/usr} for @gnulinuxsystems{} and @samp{--prefix=} (an
+empty prefix) for @gnuhurdsystems{}.
It may also be useful to set the @var{CC} and @var{CFLAGS} variables in
the environment when running @code{configure}. @var{CC} selects the C
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ relative to the build directory (that is, the current working directory).
For example, @samp{--enable-add-ons=nptl,../glibc-libidn-@var{version}}.
@item --enable-kernel=@var{version}
-This option is currently only useful on GNU/Linux systems. The
+This option is currently only useful on @gnulinuxsystems{}. The
@var{version} parameter should have the form X.Y.Z and describes the
smallest version of the Linux kernel the generated library is expected
to support. The higher the @var{version} number is, the less
@@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ You may also need these packages if you upgrade your source tree using
patches, although we try to avoid this.
@node Linux
-@appendixsec Specific advice for GNU/Linux systems
+@appendixsec Specific advice for @gnulinuxsystems{}
@cindex kernel header files
-If you are installing @theglibc{} on a GNU/Linux system, you need to have
+If you are installing @theglibc{} on @gnulinuxsystems{}, you need to have
the header files from a 2.6.19.1 or newer kernel around for reference.
These headers must be installed using @samp{make headers_install}; the
headers present in the kernel source directory are not suitable for
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ are not required if not compiling programs using those interfaces.
You do not need to copy kernel headers if you did not specify an
alternate kernel header source using @samp{--with-headers}.
-GNU/Linux expects some components of the @glibcadj{} installation to be in
+The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for @gnulinuxsystems{} expects some
+components of the @glibcadj{} installation to be in
@file{/lib} and some in @file{/usr/lib}. This is handled automatically
if you configure @theglibc{} with @samp{--prefix=/usr}. If you set some other
prefix or allow it to default to @file{/usr/local}, then all the