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: sparcs and Sun 3s
-running SunOS 4.1, HP 9000/300 and Sony NEWS workstations running 4.3 BSD,
-and MIPS DECStations running Ultrix 4. The port to the i386 running
-either System V, SVR4, or BSD, is mostly complete but has not been well
-tested. 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
+As of this release, the GNU C library has been ported to the following
+configurations:
+
+ alpha-dec-osf1
+ i386-bsd4.3
+ i386-force_cpu386-none
+ i386-gnu (for Hurd development only)
+ i386-isc2.2
+ i386-isc3
+ i386-sco3.2
+ i386-sco3.2v4
+ i386-sequent-bsd
+ i386-sysv
+ i386-sysv4
+ 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
+
+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-VERSION-crypt.tar.Z'. 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 maintainers are encouraged to copy
-this distribution to their archives outside the USA. Please get it from
-ftp.uni-c.dk; 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.
+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-VERSION-crypt.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
+maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives
+outside the USA. Please get it from ftp.uni-c.dk; 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.
See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
the GNU C library.
-The manual for the GNU C library is still being worked on, and is not yet
-distributed.
+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.
+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.
The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
conditions.
-
-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.
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