X-Git-Url: http://git.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/?p=kopensolaris-gnu%2Fglibc.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d3439ed84bd624889f8e1523e1bbfd3aeac70cec;hp=b9b43e3f4d314fd5a83e29d7550fee34b3725b4c;hb=3a839330548426787b28769f40f02de93fc964f0;hpb=872bdcb2aac4aedcda402c01e3820916303676b0;ds=inline diff --git a/README b/README index b9b43e3f4d..d3439ed84b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,21 +1,29 @@ -This directory contains the version 1.09.5 test release of the GNU C Library. +This directory contains the version 2.0.90 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 the following +As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following configurations: + 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 + + +Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier +versions) used to run on 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 + 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 @@ -28,40 +36,54 @@ configurations: 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. +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 . 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-1.09.5-crypt.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt +called `glibc-crypt-2.0.90.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 +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.uni-c.dk; transferring this +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. +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 +send comments on the manual to , 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. -Send bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu. +We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which +is install together with the rest of the GNU libc to . +Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless +you can still send bug reports to as normal +electronic mails. The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying conditions.