1 This directory contains the version 2.0.92 test release of the GNU C Library.
2 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
3 Some bugs surely remain.
5 As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following
9 i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
10 m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
11 alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
12 powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
13 sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
14 sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
17 Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
18 versions) used to run on the following configurations:
28 i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
42 Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
43 these are not supported at the moment. It's expected that these don't
44 work anymore. Porting the library is not hard. If you are interested
45 in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
46 electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
48 The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
49 provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
50 Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations,
51 we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C
52 library. There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is
53 called `glibc-crypt-2.0.92.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt
54 distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can
55 also build the library without getting crypt. Users outside the USA
56 can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.ifi.uio.no
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58 maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives
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60 distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site in the USA) to a
61 site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws.
63 Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be
64 used together with GNU libc. They are designed in a way to ease the
65 installation by integrating them in the libc source tree. Simply get the
66 add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure'
67 script to tell where the add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for
70 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
71 the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
72 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
74 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
75 in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and
76 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have
77 the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like. Please
78 send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu>, and
79 not to the library bug-reporting address.
81 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
82 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
83 facilities you want it to make available.
85 We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
86 is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
87 Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless
88 you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
91 The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying