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| author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1999-07-09 09:58:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1999-07-09 09:58:27 +0000 |
| commit | bee1e289fafbf1d429f401eb4d7ea4be27282f17 (patch) | |
| tree | 0138033ca265a704c6ca771ddf64353f97842726 /FAQ.in | |
| parent | 110215a9a76594e808903af957f3273e3bc11a87 (diff) | |
Update.
1999-07-09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* hesiod/Versions [GLIBC_2.2]: Add _nss_hesiod_initgroups.
* hesiod/hesiod-grp.c: Add initgroups support.
Patch by Nalin Dahyabhai <nsdahya1@pobox.com>.
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@@ -342,6 +342,23 @@ against the previous version of the GNU libc (version 2.0) but also against all future versions. +?? How can I compile on my fast ix86 machine a working libc for my slow + i386? After installing libc, programs abort with "Illegal + Instruction". + +{AJ} glibc and gcc might generate some instructions on your machine that +aren't available on i386. You've got to tell glibc that you're configuring +for i386 with adding i386 as your machine, for example: + + ../configure --prefix=/usr i386-pc-linux-gnu + +And you need to tell gcc to only generate i386 code, just add `-mcpu=i386' +(just -m386 doesn't work) to your CFLAGS. + +{UD} This applies not only to the i386. Compiling on a i686 for any older +model will also fail if the above methods are not used. + + ? Installation and configuration issues ?? Can I replace the libc on my Linux system with GNU libc? |