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2000-08-09 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * configure.in: Change required make versions. * manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Document required make version. (Supported Configurations): Update list of supported configurations.
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2000-08-09 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
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* configure.in: Change required make versions.
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* manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Document required
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make version.
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(Supported Configurations): Update list of supported
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configurations.
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2000-08-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
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* locale/linereader.c (get_string): Don't print an error is a string
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28
FAQ
28
FAQ
@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ Removed. Does not apply anymore.
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daylight saving time is in effect the timezone string is EST.
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4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets
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segmentation faults.
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Removed. Does not apply anymore, use make 3.79 or newer.
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4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation?
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4.8. The conversion table for character set XX does not match with
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what I expect.
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@ -202,13 +204,15 @@ in the future, are:
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*-*-gnu GNU Hurd
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i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
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m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
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alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
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alpha*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
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powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
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sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
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sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
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arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
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arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
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arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
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mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
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ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
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Ports to other Linux platforms are in development, and may in fact work
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already, but no one has sent us success reports for them. Currently no
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@ -261,11 +265,8 @@ problems in the complex float support.
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{UD} You definitely need GNU make to build GNU libc. No other make
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program has the needed functionality.
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We recommend version GNU make version 3.75 or 3.77. Versions before 3.75
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have bugs and/or are missing features. Version 3.76 has bugs which
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appear when building big projects like GNU libc. 3.76.1 appears to work but
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some people have reported problems. If you build GNU make 3.77 from source,
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please read question 4.6 first.
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We recommend version GNU make version 3.79 or newer. Older versions have
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bugs and/or are missing features.
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1.4. Do I need a special linker or assembler?
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@ -562,9 +563,7 @@ model will also fail if the above methods are not used.
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malloc/libmemprof.so. How can I fix this?
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{AJ} Older make version (<= 3.78.90) have a bug which was hidden by a bug in
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glibc (<= 2.1.2). You need to upgrade make to a newer or fixed version. A
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patch is available via
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<http://sourceware.cygnus.com//ml/libc-alpha/2000-02/msg00067.html>.
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glibc (<= 2.1.2). You need to upgrade make to a newer or fixed version.
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After upgrading make, you should remove the file sysd-sorted in your build
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directory. The problem is that the broken make creates a wrong order for
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@ -572,7 +571,8 @@ one list in that file. The list has to be recreated with the new make -
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which happens if you remove the file.
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You might encounter this bug also in other situations where make scans
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directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version.
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directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version to 3.79 or
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newer.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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@ -1736,11 +1736,9 @@ and regulations of the country this effects. glibc behaves correctly.
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4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets
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segmentation faults.
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{AJ} GNU make 3.77 has support for 64 bit filesystems which is slightly
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broken (and one of the new features in the GNU C library 2.1 is 64 bit
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filesystem support :-( ). To get a working make you can use either make
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3.75 or patch 3.77. A working patch is available via RedHat's Rawhide server
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(ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/SRPMS/SRPMS/make-3.77-*src.rpm).
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Removed. Does not apply anymore, use make 3.79 or newer.
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4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation?
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24
FAQ.in
24
FAQ.in
@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ in the future, are:
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*-*-gnu GNU Hurd
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i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
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m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
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alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
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alpha*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
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powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
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sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
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sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
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arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
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arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
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arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
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mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
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ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
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Ports to other Linux platforms are in development, and may in fact work
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already, but no one has sent us success reports for them. Currently no
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@ -85,11 +87,8 @@ problems in the complex float support.
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{UD} You definitely need GNU make to build GNU libc. No other make
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program has the needed functionality.
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We recommend version GNU make version 3.75 or 3.77. Versions before 3.75
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have bugs and/or are missing features. Version 3.76 has bugs which
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appear when building big projects like GNU libc. 3.76.1 appears to work but
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some people have reported problems. If you build GNU make 3.77 from source,
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please read ?make first.
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We recommend version GNU make version 3.79 or newer. Older versions have
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bugs and/or are missing features.
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?? Do I need a special linker or assembler?
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@ -370,9 +369,7 @@ model will also fail if the above methods are not used.
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malloc/libmemprof.so. How can I fix this?
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{AJ} Older make version (<= 3.78.90) have a bug which was hidden by a bug in
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glibc (<= 2.1.2). You need to upgrade make to a newer or fixed version. A
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patch is available via
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<http://sourceware.cygnus.com//ml/libc-alpha/2000-02/msg00067.html>.
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glibc (<= 2.1.2). You need to upgrade make to a newer or fixed version.
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After upgrading make, you should remove the file sysd-sorted in your build
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directory. The problem is that the broken make creates a wrong order for
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@ -380,7 +377,8 @@ one list in that file. The list has to be recreated with the new make -
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which happens if you remove the file.
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You might encounter this bug also in other situations where make scans
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directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version.
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directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version to 3.79 or
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newer.
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? Installation and configuration issues
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@ -1481,11 +1479,7 @@ and regulations of the country this effects. glibc behaves correctly.
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??make I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets
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segmentation faults.
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{AJ} GNU make 3.77 has support for 64 bit filesystems which is slightly
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broken (and one of the new features in the GNU C library 2.1 is 64 bit
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filesystem support :-( ). To get a working make you can use either make
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3.75 or patch 3.77. A working patch is available via RedHat's Rawhide server
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(ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/SRPMS/SRPMS/make-3.77-*src.rpm).
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Removed. Does not apply anymore, use make 3.79 or newer.
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?? Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation?
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31
INSTALL
31
INSTALL
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separate tarfiles which you unpack into the top level of the source
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tree. Then you give `configure' the `--enable-add-ons' option to
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activate them, and they will be compiled into the library. As of the
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2.1 release, two important components of glibc are distributed as
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"official" add-ons. Unless you are doing an unusual installation, you
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should get them both.
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2.2 release, one important component of glibc is distributed as
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"official" add-ons: the linuxthreads add-on. Unless you are doing an
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unusual installation, you should get this.
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Support for POSIX threads is maintained by someone else, so it's in a
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separate package. It is only available for Linux systems, but this will
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GNU libc can be compiled in the source directory, but we strongly
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advise to build it in a separate build directory. For example, if you
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have unpacked the glibc sources in `/src/gnu/glibc-2.1.0', create a
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have unpacked the glibc sources in `/src/gnu/glibc-2.2.0', create a
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directory `/src/gnu/glibc-build' to put the object files in. This
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allows removing the whole build directory in case an error occurs,
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which is the safest way to get a fresh start and should always be done.
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From your object directory, run the shell script `configure' found
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at the top level of the source tree. In the scenario above, you'd type
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$ ../glibc-2.1.0/configure ARGS...
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$ ../glibc-2.2.0/configure ARGS...
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Please note that even if you're building in a separate build
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directory, the compilation needs to modify a few files in the source
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@ -247,12 +247,9 @@ paths for installation. This is useful when setting up a chroot
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environment or preparing a binary distribution. The directory should be
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specified with an absolute file name.
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Glibc 2.1 includes two daemons, `nscd' and `utmpd', which you may or
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may not want to run. `nscd' caches name service lookups; it can
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dramatically improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as
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well. `utmpd' allows programs that use the old format for the `utmp'
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file to coexist with new programs. For more information see the file
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`login/README.utmpd'.
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Glibc 2.2 includes a daemon called `nscd', which you may or may not
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want to run. `nscd' caches name service lookups; it can dramatically
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improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as well.
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One auxiliary program, `/usr/libexec/pt_chown', is installed setuid
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`root'. This program is invoked by the `grantpt' function; it sets the
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We recommend installing the following GNU tools before attempting to
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build the GNU C library:
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* GNU `make' 3.75
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* GNU `make' 3.79 or newer
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You need the latest version of GNU `make'. Modifying the GNU C
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Library to work with other `make' programs would be so difficult
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that we recommend you port GNU `make' instead. *Really.* We
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recommend version GNU `make' version 3.75 or 3.77. All earlier
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versions have severe bugs or lack features. Version 3.76 is known
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to have bugs which only show up in big projects like GNU `libc'.
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Version 3.76.1 seems OK but some people have reported problems.
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recommend version GNU `make' version 3.79. All earlier versions
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have severe bugs or lack features.
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* EGCS 1.1.1, 1.1 or 1.0.3, or GCC 2.8.1, 2.95 or newer
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The GNU C Library currently supports configurations that match the
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following patterns:
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alpha-*-linux
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alpha*-*-linux
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arm-*-linux
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arm-*-linuxaout
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arm-*-none
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iX86-*-gnu
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iX86-*-linux
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ia64-*-linux
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m68k-*-linux
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mips*-*-linux
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powerpc-*-linux
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sparc-*-linux
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sparc64-*-linux
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5
README
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README
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*-*-gnu GNU Hurd
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i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
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m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
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alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
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alpha*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
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powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
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sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
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sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
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arm-*-none ARM standalone systems
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arm-*-linux Linux-2.x on ARM
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arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
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mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
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ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
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Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
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versions) used to run on the following configurations:
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4
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vendored
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ac_prog_version=`$MAKE --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
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case $ac_prog_version in
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'') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
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3.75 | 3.76.[1-9]* | 3.7[789]* | 3.[89]*)
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3.79* | 3.[89]*)
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ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
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*) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
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fi
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for ac_prog in gawk mawk nawk awk
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for ac_prog in mawk gawk nawk awk
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do
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# Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
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set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
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critic_missing=t)
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AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKE, gnumake gmake make, --version,
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[GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
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[3.75 | 3.76.[1-9]* | 3.7[789]* | 3.[89]*], critic_missing=t)
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[3.79* | 3.[89]*], critic_missing=t)
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AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MSGFMT, gnumsgfmt gmsgfmt msgfmt, --version,
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[GNU gettext.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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GNU @code{make} 3.75
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GNU @code{make} 3.79 or newer
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You need the latest version of GNU @code{make}. Modifying the GNU C
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Library to work with other @code{make} programs would be so difficult that we
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recommend you port GNU @code{make} instead. @strong{Really.} We
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recommend version GNU @code{make} version 3.75 or 3.77. All earlier
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versions have severe bugs or lack features. Version 3.76 is known to
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have bugs which only show up in big projects like GNU @code{libc}.
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Version 3.76.1 seems OK but some people have reported problems.
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recommend version GNU @code{make} version 3.79. All earlier
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versions have severe bugs or lack features.
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@item
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EGCS 1.1.1, 1.1 or 1.0.3, or GCC 2.8.1, 2.95 or newer
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following patterns:
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@smallexample
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alpha-@var{*}-linux
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alpha@var{*}-@var{*}-linux
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arm-@var{*}-linux
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arm-@var{*}-linuxaout
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arm-@var{*}-none
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i@var{x}86-@var{*}-gnu
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i@var{x}86-@var{*}-linux
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ia64-@var{*}-linux
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m68k-@var{*}-linux
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mips@var{*}-@var{*}-linux
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powerpc-@var{*}-linux
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sparc-@var{*}-linux
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sparc64-@var{*}-linux
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