-This directory contains the version 2.1 release of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the version 2.3.4 release of the GNU C Library.
Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
Some bugs surely remain.
*-*-gnu GNU Hurd
i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
- alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
+ alpha*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
+ powerpc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4.19+ on 64-bit PowerPC systems
sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
- sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
+ sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC 64-bit
arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
-
-
-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
-
-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@gnu.org>.
-
-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-2.1.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.funet.fi [128.214.248.6] in the directory pub/gnu/funet, 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.funet.fi; transferring this distribution
-from ftp.gnu.org (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.
+ mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
+ ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
+ s390-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on IBM S/390
+ s390x-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on IBM S/390 64-bit
+ sh-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Super Hitachi
+ x86-64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on x86-64
+
+Past releases of this library ran on a variety of configurations that are
+no longer supported. Porting the library is not hard. If you are
+interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers;
+see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more information.
+
+There are some 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
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 installed 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@gnu.org> as normal electronic
-mails.
+Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html for bug reporting
+information. We are now using the Bugzilla system to track all bug reports.
+This web page gives detailed information on how to report bugs properly.
The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
-conditions.
+conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
+these additional notices to be distributed.