1 This directory contains the version 2.3.4 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 powerpc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4.19+ on 64-bit PowerPC systems
14 sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
15 sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC 64-bit
16 arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
17 arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
18 arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
19 mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
20 ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
21 s390-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on IBM S/390
22 s390x-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on IBM S/390 64-bit
23 sh-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Super Hitachi
24 x86-64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on x86-64
26 Past releases of this library ran on a variety of configurations that are
27 no longer supported. Porting the library is not hard. If you are
28 interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers;
29 see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more information.
31 There are some add-ons which can be used together with GNU libc. They
32 are designed in a way to ease the installation by integrating them in
33 the libc source tree. Simply get the add-ons you need and use the
34 --enable-add-ons option of the `configure' script to tell where the
35 add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for more details.
37 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
38 the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
39 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
41 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
42 in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and
43 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
44 have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
45 Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and
46 not to the library bug-reporting address.
48 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
49 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
50 facilities you want it to make available.
52 Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html for bug reporting
53 information. We are now using the Bugzilla system to track all bug reports.
54 This web page gives detailed information on how to report bugs properly.
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