| This directory contains the version 2.0.1 test release of the GNU C Library. |
| Many bugs have been fixed since the last release. |
| Some bugs surely remain. |
| |
| As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following |
| configurations: |
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| *-*-gnu GNU Hurd |
| 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 |
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| |
| Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier |
| versions) used to run on the following configurations: |
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| alpha-dec-osf1 |
| i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3 |
| i[3456]86-*-isc2.2 |
| i[3456]86-*-isc3 |
| i[3456]86-*-sco3.2 |
| i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4 |
| i[3456]86-*-sysv |
| i[3456]86-*-sysv4 |
| i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none |
| i[3456]86-sequent-bsd |
| i960-nindy960-none |
| m68k-hp-bsd4.3 |
| m68k-mvme135-none |
| m68k-mvme136-none |
| m68k-sony-newsos3 |
| m68k-sony-newsos4 |
| m68k-sun-sunos4 |
| mips-dec-ultrix4 |
| mips-sgi-irix4 |
| sparc-sun-solaris2 |
| sparc-sun-sunos4 |
| |
| 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>. |
| |
| 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-crypt-2.0.1.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.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.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. 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 |
| 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. |
| |
| 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. |
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| The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying |
| conditions. |
