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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: | |
*-*-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 | |
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. | |
The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying | |
conditions. |