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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This directory contains the version 1.101 test release of the GNU C Library. +This directory contains the version 2.0 test release of the GNU C Library. Many bugs have been fixed since the last release. Some bugs surely remain. @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following configurations: *-*-gnu GNU Hurd - i[3456]86-*-linux Linux-2.0 on Intel - m68k-*-linux Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0 - alpha-*-linux Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha + i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Intel + m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0 + alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier @@ -39,38 +39,50 @@ versions) used to run on the following configurations: Whether this is still true for this release is unknown. Porting the library is not hard. If you are interested in doing a port, please get on the mailing list by sending electronic mail to -bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu. +<bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu>. The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points. Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations, we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C library. There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is -called `glibc-1.101-crypt.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt +called `glibc-crypt-2.0.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.uni-c.dk -[129.142.6.74], or another archive site outside the USA. Archive +can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.ifi.uio.no +[129.240.64.21], 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.uni-c.dk; transferring this +outside the USA. Please get it from ftp.ifi.uio.no; transferring this distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site in the USA) to a site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws. +Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be +used together with GNU libc. They are designed in a way to ease the +installation by integrating them in the libc source tree. Simply get the +add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure' +script to tell where the add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for +more details. + See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port -the GNU C library. +the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the +GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html. The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like. Please -send comments on the manual to bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu, and +send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu>, and not to the library bug-reporting address. The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what facilities you want it to make available. -Send bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu. +We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which +is install together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. +Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless +you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu> as normal +electronic mails. The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying conditions. |