1 This directory contains the version 2.1.91 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 sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
14 sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
15 arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
16 arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
17 arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
20 Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
21 versions) used to run on the following configurations:
31 i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
45 Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
46 these are not supported at the moment. It's expected that these don't
47 work anymore. Porting the library is not hard. If you are interested
48 in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
49 electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
51 The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
52 provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
53 Because of the United States export restriction on DES
54 implementations, we are distributing this code separately from the
55 rest of the C library. There is an extra distribution tar file just
56 for crypt; it is called `glibc-crypt-2.1.91.tar.gz'. You can just
57 unpack the crypt distribution along with the rest of the C library and
58 build; you can also build the library without getting crypt. Users
59 outside the USA can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from
60 ftp.gwdg.de [134.76.11.100] in the directory pub/linux/glibc, or
61 another archive site outside the USA. Archive maintainers are
62 encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives outside the
63 USA. Please get it from ftp.gwdg.de; transferring this distribution
64 from ftp.gnu.org (or any other site in the USA) to a site outside the
65 USA is in violation of US export laws.
67 Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be
68 used together with GNU libc. They are designed in a way to ease the
69 installation by integrating them in the libc source tree. Simply get the
70 add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure'
71 script to tell where the add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for
74 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
75 the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
76 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
78 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
79 in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and
80 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
81 have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
82 Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and
83 not to the library bug-reporting address.
85 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
86 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
87 facilities you want it to make available.
89 We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
90 is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
91 Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless
92 you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
95 The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying