PR libstdc++/9527, PR libstdc++/8713

2003-02-03  Phil Edwards  <pme@gcc.gnu.org>

	PR libstdc++/9527, PR libstdc++/8713
	* docs/html/install.html:  Mention glibc version requirement.
	* docs/html/faq/index.html (3.8):  New note, glibc 2.2.5+ is needed
	with 3.2.1+ (formatting bugfixes).
	* docs/html/faq/index.txt:  Regenerate.

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2003-02-03 Phil Edwards <pme@gcc.gnu.org>
PR libstdc++/9527, PR libstdc++/8713
* docs/html/install.html: Mention glibc version requirement.
* docs/html/faq/index.html (3.8): New note, glibc 2.2.5+ is needed
with 3.2.1+ (formatting bugfixes).
* docs/html/faq/index.txt: Regenerate.
2003-02-03 Volker Reichelt <reichelt@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
PR libstdc++/9234

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</p>
<hr />
<h2><a name="3_7">Threading is broken on i386</a></h2>
<h2><a name="3_7">3.7 Threading is broken on i386</a></h2>
<p>Support for atomic integer operations is/was broken on i386
platforms. The assembly code accidentally used opcodes that are
only available on the i486 and later. So if you configured GCC
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<p>This is fixed in 3.2.2.
</p>
<hr />
<h2><a name="3_8">3.8 Recent GNU/Linux glibc required?</a></h2>
<p>For 3.2.1 (shared library version 5.0.1) and later, the library
uses localization and formatting code from the system C library
(glibc) version 2.2.5. That version of glibc is over a year old
and contains necessary bugfixes. Many GNU/Linux distros make
glibc version 2.3.x available now.
</p>
<p>The guideline is simple: the more recent the C++ library, the
more recent the C library.
</p>
<hr />
<h1><a name="4_0">4.0 Known Bugs and Non-Bugs</a></h1>
<em>Note that this section can get rapdily outdated -- such is the

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solution.
_________________________________________________________________
Threading is broken on i386
3.7 Threading is broken on i386
Support for atomic integer operations is/was broken on i386 platforms.
The assembly code accidentally used opcodes that are only available on
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will the problem appear.
This is fixed in 3.2.2.
_________________________________________________________________
3.8 Recent GNU/Linux glibc required?
For 3.2.1 (shared library version 5.0.1) and later, the library uses
localization and formatting code from the system C library (glibc)
version 2.2.5. That version of glibc is over a year old and contains
necessary bugfixes. Many GNU/Linux distros make glibc version 2.3.x
available now.
The guideline is simple: the more recent the C++ library, the more
recent the C library.
_________________________________________________________________
4.0 Known Bugs and Non-Bugs

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<dd>If gcc 3.1.0 or later on is being used on linux, an attempt
will be made to use "C" library functionality necessary for C++
named locale support.
named locale support. For gcc 3.2.1 and later, this means that
glibc 2.2.5 or later is required.
<p>
The configure option --enable-clocale can be used force a