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@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ by
in the above example specs file to make it work for other systems.
-Version 2.7.2.2 does and future versions of GCC will automatically
+Version 2.7.2.3 does and future versions of GCC will automatically
provide the correct specs.
@@ -595,13 +595,9 @@ GROUP ( libc.so.6 ld-linux.so.2 libc.a )
any other system I saw. This is a bug, isn't it?''
[A18] {UD} No, this is no bug. This version of the GNU libc already
-follows the to-be-released POSIX.1g standard. In this standard
-the type `size_t' is used for all parameters which describe a size.
-So better change now.
-
-This change is critical for system which have
- sizeof (int) != sizeof (size_t)
-like the Alpha.
+follows the Single Unix specifications (and I think the POSIX.1g
+draft which adopted the solution). The type for parameter describing
+a size is now `socklen_t', a new type.
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@@ -617,28 +613,9 @@ invalid. I.e., an emulated FPU is for the libc as good as a real one.
[Q20] ``How can I compile gcc 2.7.2.1 from the gcc source code using
glibc 2.x?
-[A20] {AJ} There's only support for glibc 2.0 in gcc 2.7.2.2 or later.
-
-gcc 2.7.2.2 has also a nasty bug. It installs its own version of
-assert.h into /usr/<machine>/include that is not compatible with
-glibc. Please remove this file - otherwise you get lots of problems
-with configure.
-
-For 2.7.2.2 you should also use the following patch and configure for
-e.g. i486-linux.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---- configure Tue Feb 11 15:57:17 1997
-+++ configure Wed Feb 12 23:09:29 1997
-@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
- gnu_ld=yes
- # GNU libc version 2 does not supply these;
- # we want them from GCC.
-- extra_parts="crtbegin.o crtend.o"
-+ extra_parts="crtbegin.o crtbeginS.o crtend.o crtendS.o"
- ;;
- i[3456]86-go32-msdos | i[3456]86-*-go32)
- cpu_type=i386
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[A20] {AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3
+or later. You should get at least gcc 2.7.2.3. All previous versions
+had problems with glibc support.
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@@ -698,13 +675,13 @@ very beginning and if it is not usable `configure' will bark.
[Q24] ``I have set up /etc/nis.conf, and the Linux libc 5 with NYS
works great. But the glibc NIS+ doesn't seem to work.''
-[A24] The glibc NIS+ implementation uses a /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START
- file for storing information about the NIS+ server and their
- public keys, because the nis.conf file do not contain all
- necessary information. You have to copy a NIS_COLD_START file
- from a Solaris client (the NIS_COLD_START file is byte order
- independend) or generate it new with nisinit from the nis-tools
- (look at http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html).
+[A24] The glibc NIS+ implementation uses a /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START
+file for storing information about the NIS+ server and their public
+keys, because the nis.conf file do not contain all necessary
+information. You have to copy a NIS_COLD_START file from a Solaris
+client (the NIS_COLD_START file is byte order independend) or generate
+it new with nisinit from the nis-tools (look at
+http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html).
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