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| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ | 4 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 50 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.template | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/install.texi | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile | 2 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | time/Makefile | 2 |
10 files changed, 57 insertions, 29 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@ +1999-07-25 Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz> + + * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile: -mv8 is deprecated, use + -mcpu=v8. + * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile: Likewise. + * sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/Makefile: Make %g7 register available for + libc's private use (as assembly routine clobber it anyway). + +1999-07-26 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> + + * README.template (configurations): The crypt add-on has a new + ftp site. + * manual/install.texi (Installation): Likewise. + 1999-07-26 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * time/time.h: Add forward for struct sigevent. Unix98 maybe @@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ functions together with glibc. The functions are available, as an add-on (see question 1.11). People in the US may get it from the same place they got GNU libc from. People outside the -US should get the code from ftp.funet.fi [128.214.248.6] in the directory -pub/gnu/funet, or another archive site outside the USA. The README explains +US should get the code from ftp.gwdg.de [134.76.11.100] in the directory +pub/linux/glibc, or another archive site outside the USA. The README explains how to install the sources. If you already have the crypt code on your system the reason for the failure @@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ functions together with glibc. The functions are available, as an add-on (see ?addon). People in the US may get it from the same place they got GNU libc from. People outside the -US should get the code from ftp.funet.fi [128.214.248.6] in the directory -pub/gnu/funet, or another archive site outside the USA. The README explains +US should get the code from ftp.gwdg.de [134.76.11.100] in the directory +pub/linux/glibc, or another archive site outside the USA. The README explains how to install the sources. If you already have the crypt code on your system the reason for the failure @@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ change in the future. Get it from the same place you got the main bundle; the file is `glibc-linuxthreads-VERSION.tar.gz'. Support for the `crypt' function is distributed separately because of United States export restrictions. If you are outside the US or Canada, you must get -`crypt' support from a site outside the US, such as `ftp.ifi.uio.no'. -(Most non-US mirrors of `ftp.gnu.org' will have it too.) The file you -need is `glibc-crypt-VERSION.tar.gz'. +`crypt' support from a site outside the US, such as `ftp.gwdg.de'. +`ftp.gwdg.de' has the crypt distribution in `pub/linux/glibc'. (Most +non-US mirrors of `ftp.gnu.org' will have it too.) The file you need +is `glibc-crypt-VERSION.tar.gz'. You will need recent versions of several GNU tools: definitely GCC and GNU Make, and possibly others. *Note Tools for Compilation::, @@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ at the top level of the source tree. In the scenario above, you'd type $ ../glibc-2.1.0/configure ARGS... + Please note that even if you're building in a separate build +directory, the compiliation needs to modify a few files in the source +directory, especially some files in the manual subdirectory. + `configure' takes many options, but you can get away with knowing only two: `--prefix' and `--enable-add-ons'. The `--prefix' option tells configure where you want glibc installed. This defaults to @@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ will be used, and CFLAGS sets optimization options for the compiler. given with no list, it enables all the add-on packages it finds. If you do not wish to use some add-on package that you have present in your source tree, give this option a list of the - add-ons that you _do_ want used, like this: + add-ons that you *do* want used, like this: `--enable-add-ons=crypt,linuxthreads' `--with-binutils=DIRECTORY' @@ -98,10 +103,6 @@ will be used, and CFLAGS sets optimization options for the compiler. Use this option if your computer lacks hardware floating-point support and your operating system does not emulate an FPU. -`--disable-static' - Don't build static libraries. Static libraries aren't that useful - these days, but we recommend you build them in case you need them. - `--disable-shared' Don't build shared libraries even if we could. Not all systems support shared libraries; you need ELF support and (currently) the @@ -168,7 +169,11 @@ Instead, edit the generated `Makefile' and uncomment the line # PARALLELMFLAGS = -j 4 You can change the `4' to some other number as appropriate for your -system. +system. Instead of changing the `Makefile', you could give this option +directly to `make' and call it as, e.g. `make PARALLELMFLAGS=-j4'. If +you're building in the source directory, you've got to use the latter +approach since in this case no new `Makefile' is generated which you +can change. To build and run some test programs which exercise some of the library facilities, type `make check'. This should complete @@ -202,10 +207,10 @@ or you will end up with a mixture of header files from both libraries, and you won't be able to compile anything. You may also need to reconfigure GCC to work with the new library. The easiest way to do that is to figure out the compiler switches to make it work again -(`-Wl,-dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-linux.so.2' should work on Linux systems) -and use them to recompile gcc. You can also edit the specs file -(`/usr/lib/gcc-lib/TARGET/VERSION/specs'), but that is a bit of a black -art. +(`-Wl,--dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-linux.so.2' should work on Linux +systems) and use them to recompile gcc. You can also edit the specs +file (`/usr/lib/gcc-lib/TARGET/VERSION/specs'), but that is a bit of a +black art. You can install glibc somewhere other than where you configured it to go by setting the `install_root' variable on the command line for @@ -299,14 +304,14 @@ build the GNU C library: Perl is not required, but it is used if present to test the installation. We may decide to use it elsewhere in the future. - If you change any of the `configure.in' files you will also need * GNU `autoconf' 2.12 or higher and if you change any of the message translation files you will need - * GNU `gettext' 0.10.35 or later + * GNU `gettext' 0.10.35 or later (version 0.10.35 is a alpha release + and available via ftp from alpha.gnu.org/gnu) You may also need these packages if you upgrade your source tree using patches, although we try to avoid this. @@ -402,7 +407,7 @@ installed there. library on your system against the new library for the sake of new code, but keep the old libraries around for old binaries to use. This is complicated and difficult. Consult the Glibc2 HOWTO at -<http://www.imaxx.net/~thrytis/glibc> for details. +`http://www.imaxx.net/~thrytis/glibc' for details. You cannot use `nscd' with 2.0 kernels, due to bugs in the kernel-side thread support. `nscd' happens to hit these bugs @@ -417,6 +422,13 @@ errors and omissions in this manual. If you report them, they will get fixed. If you don't, no one will ever know about them and they will remain unfixed for all eternity, if not longer. + It is a good idea to check first that the problem was not reported +before. Bugs are documented in two places: The file `BUGS' describes a +number of well known bugs and the bug tracking system has a WWW +interface at `http://www-gnats.gnu.org:8080/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl'. The +WWW interface gives you access to open and closed reports. The closed +reports normally include a patch or a hint on solving the problem. + To report a bug, first you must find it. Hopefully, this will be the hard part. Once you've found a bug, make sure it's really a bug. A good way to do this is to see if the GNU C library behaves the same way @@ -441,9 +453,9 @@ you haven't installed it, will be in your build directory. Send your test case, the results you got, the results you expected, and what you think the problem might be (if you've thought of anything). `glibcbug' will insert the configuration information we need to see, and ship the -report off to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>. Don't send a message there -directly; it is fed to a program that expects mail to be formatted in a -particular way. Use the script. +report off to <bugs@gnu.org>. Don't send a message there directly; it +is fed to a program that expects mail to be formatted in a particular +way. Use the script. If you are not sure how a function should behave, and this manual doesn't tell you, that's a bug in the manual. Report that too! If the diff --git a/README.template b/README.template index 4f3dfdb0e1..a021aa8fae 100644 --- a/README.template +++ b/README.template @@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ for crypt; it is called `glibc-crypt-VERSION.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can also build the library without getting crypt. Users outside the USA can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from -ftp.funet.fi [128.214.248.6] in the directory pub/gnu/funet, or +ftp.gwdg.de [134.76.11.100] in the directory pub/linux/glibc, or another archive site outside the USA. Archive maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives outside the -USA. Please get it from ftp.funet.fi; transferring this distribution +USA. Please get it from ftp.gwdg.de; transferring this distribution from ftp.gnu.org (or any other site in the USA) to a site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws. diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index f2555c71ed..1c516aa298 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ bundle; the file is @file{glibc-linuxthreads-@var{VERSION}.tar.gz}. Support for the @code{crypt} function is distributed separately because of United States export restrictions. If you are outside the US or Canada, you must get @code{crypt} support from a site outside the US, -such as @samp{ftp.ifi.uio.no}. +such as @samp{ftp.gwdg.de}. @samp{ftp.gwdg.de} has the crypt +distribution in @code{pub/linux/glibc}. @c Check this please someone: (Most non-US mirrors of @samp{ftp.gnu.org} will have it too.) The file you need is @file{glibc-crypt-@var{VERSION}.tar.gz}. diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile index ed2fe8c597..2ff9853458 100644 --- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile +++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile @@ -1 +1 @@ -sysdep-CFLAGS += -mv8 +sysdep-CFLAGS += -mcpu=v8 diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile index 3fef30cc6e..2844d8b514 100644 --- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile +++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -sysdep-CFLAGS += -mv8 -mtune=ultrasparc -Wa,-Av9a +sysdep-CFLAGS += -mcpu=v8 -mtune=ultrasparc -Wa,-Av9a ifeq ($(subst gnulib,string,$(subdir)),string) ASFLAGS-.o += -Wa,-Av9a diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/Makefile b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/Makefile index 312e59ea21..96e5273ec5 100644 --- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/Makefile +++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/Makefile @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ # The Sparc `long double' is a distinct type we support. long-double-fcts = yes +sysdep-CFLAGS += -fcall-used-g7 diff --git a/time/Makefile b/time/Makefile index 8986e96bef..948a48bcde 100644 --- a/time/Makefile +++ b/time/Makefile @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ routines := offtime asctime clock ctime ctime_r difftime \ tzfile getitimer setitimer \ stime dysize timegm ftime \ strptime getdate wcsftime \ - clock_getres clock_gettime clock_setres \ + clock_getres clock_gettime clock_settime \ timer_create timer_delete timer_getoverr \ timer_gettime timer_settime |