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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 6f686c37a8..e1d20868a6 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ and describes problems you may experience with compilation and installation. It is updated more frequently than this manual. To configure the GNU C library for your system, run the shell script -@file{configure} with @code{sh}. Use an argument which is the +@file{configure} with @code{sh}. You might use an argument which is the conventional GNU name for your system configuration---for example, -@samp{sparc-sun-sunos4.1}, for a Sun 4 running SunOS 4.1. +@samp{i486-pc-linux-gnu}, for Linux running on i486. @xref{Installation, Installation, Installing GNU CC, gcc.info, Using and Porting GNU CC}, for a full description of standard GNU configuration names. If you omit the configuration name, @file{configure} will try to guess one for you by inspecting the system it is running on. It may or -may not be able to come up with a guess, and the its guess might be +may not be able to come up with a guess, and the guess might be wrong. @file{configure} will tell you the canonical name of the chosen configuration before proceeding. @@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ because there are bugs in @code{make clean}. Make a directory for the build, and run @code{configure} from that directory, like this: @smallexample -mkdir sun4 -cd sun4 -../configure sparc-sun-sunos4.1 +mkdir linux +cd linux +../configure @end smallexample @noindent @@ -190,14 +190,11 @@ recommend version GNU @code{make} version 3.75. Versions 3.76 and GNU @code{libc}. @item -GCC 2.7.2.3 +GCC 2.8.1/EGCS 1.0.2 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. - -On PowerPC, GCC versions dated earlier than 970904 are known not to work -(they crash), including 2.7.2. +compiler family. We recommend GCC version 2.8.1 and EGCS version 1.0.2 +or later versions of these two; earlier versions may have problems. @item GNU @code{binutils} 2.8.1.0.23 @@ -363,9 +360,10 @@ If you think you have found some way in which the GNU C library does not conform to the ISO and POSIX standards (@pxref{Standards and Portability}), that is definitely a bug. Report it!@refill -Send bug reports to the Internet address -@email{bug-glibc@@gnu.org}. If you have other problems -with installation or use, please report those as well.@refill +Send bug reports to the Internet address @email{bug-glibc@@gnu.org} +using the @code{glibcbug} script which is installed by the GNU C +library. If you have other problems with installation or use, please +report those as well.@refill 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 |