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-rw-r--r--manual/Makefile16
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi19
-rw-r--r--manual/libc.texinfo17
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
index 67e13904bb..a05ab8328c 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile
+++ b/manual/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ examples = $(filter-out $(foreach d, $(add-ons), ../$d/%.c.texi), \
# Generated files directly included from libc.texinfo.
libc-texi-generated = chapters.texi top-menu.texi dir-add.texi \
- libm-err.texi version.texi
+ libm-err.texi version.texi pkgvers.texi
# Add path to build dir for generated files
texis-path := $(filter-out $(libc-texi-generated) summary.texi $(examples), \
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@ $(objpfx)stamp-libm-err: libm-err-tab.pl $(wildcard $(foreach dir,$(sysdirs),\
$(move-if-change) $(objpfx)libm-err-tmp $(objpfx)libm-err.texi
touch $@
+# Package version and bug reporting URL.
+$(objpfx)pkgvers.texi: $(objpfx)stamp-pkgvers ;
+$(objpfx)stamp-pkgvers: $(common-objpfx)config.make
+ echo "@ifclear PKGVERS" > $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+ echo "@set PKGVERS" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+ echo "@set PKGVERSION $(PKGVERSION_TEXI)" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+ if [ "$(PKGVERSION_TEXI)" = "(GNU libc) " ]; then \
+ echo "@set PKGVERSION_DEFAULT" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp; \
+ fi
+ echo "@set REPORT_BUGS_TO $(REPORT_BUGS_TEXI)" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+ echo "@end ifclear" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+ $(move-if-change) $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp $(objpfx)pkgvers.texi
+ touch $@
+
# Generate a file with the version number.
$(objpfx)version.texi: $(objpfx)stamp-version ;
$(objpfx)stamp-version: $(common-objpfx)config.make
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 4802e699fe..1b54051de3 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
@c Makeinfo ignores it when processing the file from the include.
@setfilename INSTALL
@include macros.texi
+@include pkgvers.texi
@node Installation, Maintenance, Library Summary, Top
@c %MENU% How to install the GNU C Library
@@ -173,6 +174,19 @@ the appropriate compiler flags (@samp{-mcpu=i386} will do the trick) to
@var{CFLAGS}.
If you specify just @samp{--build}, @code{configure} will get confused.
+
+@item --with-pkgversion=@var{version}
+Specify a description, possibly including a build number or build
+date, of the binaries being built, to be included in
+@option{--version} output from programs installed with @theglibc{}.
+For example, @option{--with-pkgversion='FooBar GNU/Linux glibc build
+123'}. The default value is @samp{GNU libc}.
+
+@item --with-bugurl=@var{url}
+Specify the URL that users should visit if they wish to report a bug,
+to be included in @option{--help} output from programs installed with
+@theglibc{}. The default value refers to the main bug-reporting
+information for @theglibc{}.
@end table
To build the library and related programs, type @code{make}. This will
@@ -458,7 +472,8 @@ remain unfixed for all eternity, if not longer.
It is a good idea to verify that the problem has not already been
reported. Bugs are documented in two places: The file @file{BUGS}
-describes a number of well known bugs and the bug tracking system has a
+describes a number of well known bugs and the central @glibcadj{}
+bug tracking system has a
WWW interface at
@url{http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/}. The WWW
interface gives you access to open and closed reports. A closed report
@@ -483,7 +498,7 @@ library, you really only need to narrow it down to one library
function call, if possible. This should not be too difficult.
The final step when you have a simple test case is to report the bug.
-Do this using the WWW interface to the bug database.
+Do this at @value{REPORT_BUGS_TO}.
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/manual/libc.texinfo b/manual/libc.texinfo
index 2c1344ac84..d720fbdcf3 100644
--- a/manual/libc.texinfo
+++ b/manual/libc.texinfo
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
@end direntry
@include dir-add.texi
+@include pkgvers.texi
+
@c This tells texinfo.tex to use the real section titles in xrefs in
@c place of the node name, when no section title is explicitly given.
@set xref-automatic-section-title
@@ -36,7 +38,13 @@ This file documents @theglibc{}.
This is
@c Disabled (printed editions, see above).
@c Edition @value{EDITION} of
-@cite{The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for version @value{VERSION}.
+@cite{The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for version
+@ifset PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@value{VERSION}.
+@end ifset
+@ifclear PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@value{VERSION} @value{PKGVERSION}.
+@end ifclear
Copyright @copyright{} 1993--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -70,6 +78,10 @@ supports it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
@c @center Edition @value{EDITION}
@c @sp 1
@center for version @value{VERSION}
+@ifclear PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@sp 1
+@center @value{PKGVERSION}
+@end ifclear
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@insertcopying
@@ -96,6 +108,9 @@ This is
@c Disabled (printed editions, see above).
@c Edition @value{EDITION} of
@cite{The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for Version @value{VERSION}
+@ifclear PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@value{PKGVERSION}
+@end ifclear
of @theglibc{}.
@end ifnottex