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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-03-18 17:57:13 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-03-18 17:57:13 +0000
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parent3116126871400c8737a9df0145f66534f097c06c (diff)
Update.
1998-03-18 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * manual/memory.texi (Heap Consistency Checking): Document MALLOC_CHECK_. Based on a text by Wolfram Gloger. 1998-03-18 17:11 Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu> * manual/Makefile: Add missing rules. 1998-03-18 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * timezone/Makefile (generated): Define to remove all stamp files. * sysdeps/generic/strsep.c: Also undefine __strsep. * string/strdup.c: Undefine __strdup and strdup first. * string/strndup.c: Likewise. * string/bits/string2.h: Correct strtok_r and strsep. Add strndup optimization. * sysdeps/generic/strsep.c: Little optimization.
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@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ and the many mirror sites. ftp.gnu.org is always overloaded, so try to find
a local mirror first.
You always should try to use the latest official release. Older
-versions may not have all the features GNU libc requires. On most
-supported platforms (for powerpc see question ?powerpc), 2.7.2.3 is
-the earliest version that works at all.
+versions may not have all the features GNU libc requires. The current
+releases of egcs (1.0.2) and GNU CC (2.8.1) should work with the GNU C
+library (for powerpc see question ?powerpc).
?? When I try to compile glibc I get only error messages.
What's wrong?
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Always get the newest release of GNU binutils available. Older
releases are known to have bugs that prevent a successful compilation.
{ZW} As of release 2.1 a linker supporting symbol versions is
-required. For Linux, get binutils-2.8.1.0.17 or later. Other systems
+required. For Linux, get binutils-2.8.1.0.23 or later. Other systems
may have native linker support, but it's moot right now, because glibc
has not been ported to them.
@@ -481,9 +481,9 @@ GROUP ( libc.so.6 ld-linux.so.2 libc.a )
?? How can I compile gcc 2.7.2.1 from the gcc source code using
glibc 2.x?
-{AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3
-or later. You should get at least gcc 2.7.2.3. All previous versions
-had problems with glibc support.
+{AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3 or
+later. But you should get at least gcc 2.8.1 or egcs 1.0.2 (or later
+versions) instead.
?? The `gencat' utility cannot process the catalog sources which
were used on my Linux libc5 based system. Why?
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ problem.
?? What do I need for C++ development?
-{HJ,AJ} You need either egcs 1.0.1 or gcc-2.8.1 with libstdc++
+{HJ,AJ} You need either egcs 1.0.2 or gcc-2.8.1 with libstdc++
2.8.1 (or more recent versions). libg++ 2.7.2 (and the Linux Versions
2.7.2.x) doesn't work very well with the GNU C library due to vtable thunks.
If you're upgrading from glibc 2.0.x to 2.1 you have to recompile