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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2006-03-01 10:05:04 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2006-03-01 10:05:04 +0000
commitc9dc3f62698e9b456869ba8c1f0fd8f3c672ebf2 (patch)
treee52529d38c3e85221e723eee9d59c053ef5d9192 /INSTALL
parent35129bc0e34e7fe7d9d129ae6ffc2cdfa25a8df2 (diff)
* Makefile (format-me): Use --plaintext --no-number-sections.
* NOTES, INSTALL: Regenerated.
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Appendix A Installing the GNU C Library
-***************************************
+Installing the GNU C Library
+****************************
Before you do anything else, you should read the file `FAQ' located at
the top level of the source tree. This file answers common questions
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ activate them, and they will be compiled into the library.
and GNU Make, and possibly others. *Note Tools for Compilation::,
below.
-A.1 Configuring and compiling GNU Libc
-======================================
+Configuring and compiling GNU Libc
+==================================
GNU libc can be compiled in the source directory, but we strongly advise
building it in a separate build directory. For example, if you have
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ library. You may need to set `AR' and `RANLIB' to cross-compiling
versions of `ar' and `ranlib' if the native tools are not configured to
work with object files for the target you configured for.
-A.2 Installing the C Library
-============================
+Installing the C Library
+========================
To install the library and its header files, and the Info files of the
manual, type `env LANGUAGE=C LC_ALL=C make install'. This will build
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ which is in `/usr/share/zoneinfo' to the file `/etc/localtime'. For
Germany, you might execute `ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin
/etc/localtime'.
-A.3 Recommended Tools for Compilation
-=====================================
+Recommended Tools for Compilation
+=================================
We recommend installing the following GNU tools before attempting to
build the GNU C library:
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ and if you change any of the message translation files you will need
You may also need these packages if you upgrade your source tree using
patches, although we try to avoid this.
-A.4 Supported Configurations
-============================
+Supported Configurations
+========================
The GNU C Library currently supports configurations that match the
following patterns:
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ some `i686' specific instructions. To generate code for other models,
you have to configure for that model and give GCC the appropriate
`-march=' and `-mcpu=' compiler switches via CFLAGS.
-A.5 Specific advice for GNU/Linux systems
-=========================================
+Specific advice for GNU/Linux systems
+=====================================
If you are installing GNU libc on a GNU/Linux system, you need to have
the header files from a 2.2 or newer kernel around for reference. For
@@ -486,8 +486,8 @@ kernel-side thread support. `nscd' happens to hit these bugs
particularly hard, but you might have problems with any threaded
program.
-A.6 Reporting Bugs
-==================
+Reporting Bugs
+==============
There are probably bugs in the GNU C library. There are certainly
errors and omissions in this manual. If you report them, they will get