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@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ you run `configure': `--prefix=DIRECTORY' Install machine-independent data files in subdirectories of `DIRECTORY'. (You can also set this in `configparms'; see below.) + The default is to install in `/usr/local'. `--exec-prefix=DIRECTORY' Install the library and other machine-dependent files in subdirectories of `DIRECTORY'. (You can also set this in - `configparms'; see below.) + `configparms'; see below.) The default is to use <prefix>/bin and + <prefix>/sbin. `--enable-shared' `--disable-shared' @@ -76,23 +78,6 @@ you run `configure': static library is compiled with no optimization and full debugging information, and installed as `-lc_g'. -`--enable-bounded' -`--disable-bounded' - Enable or disable building of the C library with support for bounded - pointers. To do this one need the enhanced version of the GNU CC - with can generate code for bounded pointers. This version of the - C library is necessary to run code which is also compiled using the - enhanced gcc for debugging purposes. - -There are two more options: - -`--with-gmp' -`--with-gettext' - These options are not of much use for the normal installer of the - GNU libc. Only maintainers need this to get automatic updates of - the files from these packages in the GNU C library source tree. - - The simplest way to run `configure' is to do it in the directory that contains the library sources. This prepares to build the library in that very directory. @@ -127,7 +112,7 @@ and define in that file the parameters you want to specify. `configparms' should *not* be an edited copy of `Makeconfig'; specify only the parameters that you want to override. To see how to set these parameters, find the section of `Makeconfig' that says "These are the -configuration variables." Then for each parameter that you want to +configuration variables." Then for each parameter that you want to change, copy the definition from `Makeconfig' to your new `configparms' file, and change the value as appropriate for your system. @@ -155,11 +140,15 @@ library facilities, type `make check'. This will produce several files with names like `PROGRAM.out'. To format the `GNU C Library Reference Manual' for printing, type -`make dvi'. +`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 `make install'. This will build things if necessary, -before installing them. +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 `install_root' on the command line. +This is useful to create chroot'ed environment or to prepare binary +releases. Recommended Tools to Install the GNU C Library ---------------------------------------------- @@ -167,27 +156,57 @@ Recommended Tools to Install the GNU C Library We recommend installing the following GNU tools before attempting to build the GNU C library: - * `make' 3.75 + * `make' 3.76.1 You need the latest version of GNU `make'. Modifying the GNU C Library to work with other `make' programs would be so hard that we - recommend you port GNU `make' instead. *Really.* We recommend - version GNU `make' version 3.75 or later. + recommend you port GNU `make' instead. *Really.* We recommend + version GNU `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 + `libc'. - * GCC 2.7.2.1 + * 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 have problems. - * `binutils' 2.7 + On PowerPC, GCC versions dated earlier than 970904 are known not + to work (they crash), including 2.7.2. + + * `binutils' 2.8.1 Using the GNU `binutils' (assembler, linker, and related tools) is preferable when possible, and they are required to build an ELF - shared C library. We recommend `binutils' version 2.7 or later; + shared C library. We recommend `binutils' version 2.8.1 or later; earlier versions are known to have problems or to not support all architectures. + * `texinfo' 3.11 + + To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you + need this version of the `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 `install-info' program + works differently. Here you have to run make like this: + + make INSTALL_INFO=/path/to/GNU/install-info install + + If you change any configuration file you will need also + + * `autoconf' 2.12 + +and if you change any of the message translation files you will also +need + + * `GNU gettext' 0.10 or later + +If you upgrade your source tree using the patches made available you +probably will need those package above in any case. + Supported Configurations ------------------------ @@ -195,18 +214,16 @@ Supported Configurations following patterns: alpha-ANYTHING-linux - alpha-ANYTHING-linuxecoff iX86-ANYTHING-gnu iX86-ANYTHING-linux m68k-ANYTHING-linux - mips-ANYTHING-linux - sparc-ANYTHING-linux powerpc-ANYTHING-linux - Former versions of this library used to support the following -configurations but the current status is unknown: + Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier +versions) used to run on the following configurations: alpha-dec-osf1 + alpha-ANYTHING-linuxecoff iX86-ANYTHING-bsd4.3 iX86-ANYTHING-isc2.2 iX86-ANYTHING-isc3.N @@ -228,6 +245,12 @@ configurations but the current status is unknown: sparc-sun-solaris2.N sparc-sun-sunos4.N + Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above +configurations, these are not supported at the moment. It's expected +that these don't work anymore. Porting the library is not hard. If +you are interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc +maintainers by sending electronic mail to <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>. + Each case of `iX86' can be `i386', `i486', `i586', or `i686'. All of those configurations produce a library that can run on any of these processors. The library will be optimized for the specified processor, @@ -278,11 +301,11 @@ and `config.make' which are created by running `configure'; they will be in whatever directory was current when you ran `configure'. If you think you have found some way in which the GNU C library does -not conform to the ANSI and POSIX standards (*note Standards and +not conform to the ISO and POSIX standards (*note Standards and Portability::.), that is definitely a bug. Report it! - Send bug reports to the Internet address `bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu' -or the UUCP path `mit-eddie!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-glibc'. If you have + Send bug reports to the Internet address <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> +or the UUCP path <mit-eddie!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-glibc>. If you have other problems with installation or use, please report those as well. If you are not sure how a function should behave, and this manual @@ -290,8 +313,8 @@ doesn't tell you, that's a bug in the manual. Report that too! If the function's behavior disagrees with the manual, then either the library or the manual has a bug, so report the disagreement. If you find any errors or omissions in this manual, please report them to the Internet -address `bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu' or the UUCP path -`mit-eddie!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-glibc-manual'. +address <bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the UUCP path +<mit-eddie!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-glibc-manual>. Adding New Functions ==================== @@ -672,10 +695,11 @@ level of the `sysdeps' hierarchy. This directory contains subdirectories (and subdirectory trees) for various Unix variants. The functions which are system calls in most Unix systems are -automatically generated from the `syscalls.list' files for the appropriate -archirecture. The format of the syscalls.list files is quite easy: only -a few informations are necessary line the system call name, the number of -arguments and such. The files are run through the C preprocessor. +implemented in assembly code, which is generated automatically from +specifications in the file `sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list'. Some special +system calls are implemented in files that are named with a suffix of +`.S'; for example, `_exit.S'. Files ending in `.S' are run through the +C preprocessor before being fed to the assembler. These files all use a set of macros that should be defined in `sysdep.h'. The `sysdep.h' file in `sysdeps/unix' partially defines @@ -711,7 +735,7 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. related code were written by Michael J. Haertel. * Fast implementations of many of the string functions (`memcpy', - `strlen', etc.) were written by Torbjorn Granlund. + `strlen', etc.) were written by Torbj"orn Granlund. * The `tar.h' header file was written by David J. MacKenzie. @@ -722,7 +746,7 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. * The DES encryption function `crypt' and related functions were contributed by Michael Glad. - * The `ftw' function was contributed by Ian Lance Taylor. + * The `ftw' and `nftw' function was contributed by Ulrich Drepper. * The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by Tom Quinn. @@ -749,7 +773,7 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. and the floating-point reading function used by `scanf', `strtod' and friends were written by Ulrich Drepper. The multi-precision integer functions used in those functions are taken from GNU MP, - which was contributed by Torbjorn Granlund. + which was contributed by Torbj"orn Granlund. * The internationalization support in the library, and the support programs `locale' and `localedef', were written by Ulrich Drepper. @@ -771,9 +795,9 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. * The port to Linux/m68k (`m68k-ANYTHING-linux') was contributed by Andreas Schwab. - * The ports to Linux/ARM (`arm-ANYTHING-linuxaout') and ARM standalone - (`arm-ANYTHING-none'), as well as parts of the IPv6 support code, were - contributed by Philip Blundell. + * The ports to Linux/ARM (`arm-ANYTHING-linuxaout') and ARM + standalone (`arm-ANYTHING-none'), as well as parts of the IPv6 + support code, were contributed by Philip Blundell. * Richard Henderson contributed the ELF dynamic linking code and other support for the Alpha processor. @@ -781,6 +805,12 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. * David Mosberger-Tang contributed the port to Linux/Alpha (`alpha-ANYTHING-linux'). + * The port to Linux on PowerPC (`powerpc-ANYTHING-linux') was + contributed by Geoffrey Keating. + + * Miles Bader wrote the argp argument-parsing package, and the + argz/envz interfaces. + * Stephen R. van den Berg contributed a highly-optimized `strstr' function. @@ -797,10 +827,9 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. platforms was written by Per Bothner and modified by Ulrich Drepper. - * Some of the Internet-related code (most of the `inet' - subdirectory) and several other miscellaneous functions and - header files have been included from 4.4 BSD with little or no - modification. + * The Internet-related code (most of the `inet' subdirectory) and + several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been + included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. All code incorporated from 4.4 BSD is under the following copyright: @@ -851,7 +880,7 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. `rand' and `srand' functions, were written by Earl T. Cohen for the University of California at Berkeley and are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. They have undergone minor - changes to fit into the GNU C library and to fit the ANSI C + changes to fit into the GNU C library and to fit the ISO C standard, but the functional code is Berkeley's. * The Internet resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.5, @@ -938,187 +967,7 @@ parts of the library were contributed or worked on by other people. 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