1 This directory contains the version VERSION release of the GNU C Library.
2 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
3 Some bugs surely remain.
5 Please note that version VERSION cannot be built with GCC 4!
6 The next release will be compatible with the newer compiler.
8 As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following
12 i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
13 m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
14 alpha*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
15 powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
16 powerpc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4.19+ on 64-bit PowerPC systems
17 sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
18 sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC 64-bit
19 arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
20 arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
21 arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
22 mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
23 ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
24 s390-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on IBM S/390
25 s390x-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on IBM S/390 64-bit
26 sh-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Super Hitachi
27 x86-64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.4+ on x86-64
29 Past releases of this library ran on a variety of configurations that are
30 no longer supported. Porting the library is not hard. If you are
31 interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers;
32 see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more information.
34 There are some add-ons which can be used together with GNU libc. They
35 are designed in a way to ease the installation by integrating them in
36 the libc source tree. Simply get the add-ons you need and use the
37 --enable-add-ons option of the `configure' script to tell where the
38 add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for more details.
40 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
41 the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
42 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
44 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
45 in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and
46 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
47 have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
48 Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and
49 not to the library bug-reporting address.
51 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
52 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
53 facilities you want it to make available.
55 Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html for bug reporting
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