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This directory contains the version VERSION release of the GNU C Library.
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Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
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Some bugs surely remain.
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As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following
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configurations:
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*-*-gnu GNU Hurd
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i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
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m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
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alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
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powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
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sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
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sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
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arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
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arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
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arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
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Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
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versions) used to run on the following configurations:
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alpha-dec-osf1
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i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3
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i[3456]86-*-isc2.2
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i[3456]86-*-isc3
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i[3456]86-*-sco3.2
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i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4
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i[3456]86-*-sysv
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i[3456]86-*-sysv4
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i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
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i[3456]86-sequent-bsd
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i960-nindy960-none
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m68k-hp-bsd4.3
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m68k-mvme135-none
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m68k-mvme136-none
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m68k-sony-newsos3
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m68k-sony-newsos4
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m68k-sun-sunos4
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mips-dec-ultrix4
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mips-sgi-irix4
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sparc-sun-solaris2
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sparc-sun-sunos4
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Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
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these are not supported at the moment. It's expected that these don't
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work anymore. Porting the library is not hard. If you are interested
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in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
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electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
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The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
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provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
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Because of the United States export restriction on DES
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implementations, we are distributing this code separately from the
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rest of the C library. There is an extra distribution tar file just
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for crypt; it is called `glibc-crypt-VERSION.tar.gz'. You can just
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unpack the crypt distribution along with the rest of the C library and
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build; you can also build the library without getting crypt. Users
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outside the USA can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from
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ftp.gwdg.de [134.76.11.100] in the directory pub/linux/glibc, or
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another archive site outside the USA. Archive maintainers are
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encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives outside the
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USA. Please get it from ftp.gwdg.de; transferring this distribution
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from ftp.gnu.org (or any other site in the USA) to a site outside the
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USA is in violation of US export laws.
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Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be
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used together with GNU libc. They are designed in a way to ease the
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installation by integrating them in the libc source tree. Simply get the
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add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure'
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script to tell where the add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for
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more details.
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See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
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the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
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GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
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The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
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in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and
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contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
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have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
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Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and
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not to the library bug-reporting address.
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The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
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in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
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facilities you want it to make available.
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We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
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is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
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Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless
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you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
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mails.
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The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
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conditions.
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