1 This directory contains the sources of the GNU C Library.
2 See the file "version.h" for what release version you have.
4 The GNU C Library is the standard system C library for all GNU systems,
5 and is an important part of what makes up a GNU system. It provides the
6 system API for all programs written in C and C-compatible languages such
7 as C++ and Objective C; the runtime facilities of other programming
8 languages use the C library to access the underlying operating system.
10 In GNU/Linux systems, the C library works with the Linux kernel to
11 implement the operating system behavior seen by user applications.
12 In GNU/Hurd systems, it works with a microkernel and Hurd servers.
14 The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the
15 GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[4567]86-*-gnu. The current
16 GNU/Hurd support requires out-of-tree patches that will eventually be
17 incorporated into an official GNU C Library release.
19 When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C Library
20 requires Linux kernel version 3.2 or later.
22 Also note that the shared version of the libgcc_s library must be
23 installed for the pthread library to work correctly.
25 The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels:
30 hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches.
32 x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32
35 microblaze*-*-linux-gnu
38 powerpc-*-linux-gnu Hardware or software floating point, BE only.
39 powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu Big-endian and little-endian.
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51 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, and install
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53 the C library at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/.
55 The GNU C Library is (almost) completely documented by the Texinfo manual
56 found in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated
57 and contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
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59 corrections to the manual, please file a bug in the `manual' component,
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