This directory contains the version VERSION 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 has been ported to only three machines:
-sparcs and Sun 3s running SunOS 4.1, and HP 300s running 4.3 BSD. Porting
-the library is not hard. If you are interested in doing a port, please
-get on the mailing list bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
+As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following
+configurations:
-See the file INSTALL for how to configure, build, install, and port the GNU
-C library.
+ i[3456]86-*-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
-The manual for the GNU C library is still being worked on, and is not yet
-distributed. The file Q+A contains a few questions you're likely to have,
-and some answers.
-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.
+Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
+versions) used to run on the following configurations:
-Send bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+ 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
-The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
-conditions.
+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>.
+
+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-VERSION.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.
-Please do not send patches for the file `Makeconfig'. That file is for
-configuration. You are meant to change it to suit your needs.
+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.
-Please note that there are some files in the distribution whose names
-exceed 14 characters in length. None of these files are needed to build
-the library on System V, where a 14 character limit on the length of file
-names is imposed, so this is harmless.
+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.org>.
+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.
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