1 This directory contains the version VERSION test 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-2.0 on Intel
10 m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0
11 alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha
14 Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
15 versions) used to run on the following configurations:
25 i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
39 Whether this is still true for this release is unknown. Porting the
40 library is not hard. If you are interested in doing a port, please
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42 <bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
44 The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
45 provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
46 Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations,
47 we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C
48 library. There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is
49 called `glibc-crypt-VERSION.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt
50 distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can
51 also build the library without getting crypt. Users outside the USA
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59 Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be
60 used together with GNU libc. They are designed in a way to ease the
61 installation by integrating them in the libc source tree. Simply get the
62 add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure'
63 script to tell where the add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for
66 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
67 the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
68 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
70 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
71 in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated and
72 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have
73 the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like. Please
74 send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu>, and
75 not to the library bug-reporting address.
77 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
78 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
79 facilities you want it to make available.
81 We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
82 is install together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
83 Simply run this shell script and fill in the information. Nevertheless
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