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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-03-25 15:21:09 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-03-25 15:21:09 +0000
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Update.
1998-03-25 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * glibcbug.in: Create files safely when mktemp is not available. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/adjtime.c: Make weak alias appear again. Patch by a sun <asun@saul1.u.washington.edu>. 1998-03-25 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de> * libc.map: Rename getname to getnetname. 1998-03-25 13:35 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/maint.texi: Use supported platform in examples. * manual/install.texi: Document some installation tips. 1998-03-25 10:56 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * posix/wordexp.c: Fix some memory leaks and makes $* more efficient. Fix a bug so that it returns an error if a numeric parameter is unset and WRDE_UNDEF is set. Patch by Andreas Schwab and Tim Waugh. * posix/wordexp-test.c: Add new new test. 1998-03-25 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * posix/regex.c (regex_compile): Last patch wasn't entirely correct. Patch by Alain Magloire <alainm@rcsm.ece.mcgill.ca>. 1998-03-24 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> * manual/filesys.texi (Scanning Directory Content): Fix typo. 1998-03-25 09:24 Bernd Schmidt <crux@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> * sysdeps/i386/bits/string.h: Fix all assembler statements so that clobbered registers don't appear as operands.
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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
@menu
* Tools for Installation:: We recommend using these tools to build.
* Supported Configurations:: What systems the GNU C library runs on.
+* Tips for Installation:: Useful hints for the installation.
* Reporting Bugs:: How to report bugs (if you want to
get them fixed) and other troubles
you may have with the GNU C library.
@@ -325,6 +326,39 @@ sun4-solaris2.@var{n} sun4-sunos5.@var{n}
sun4-sunos4.@var{n} sun4
@end smallexample
+@node Tips for Installation
+@appendixsec Useful hints for the installation
+
+There are a some more or less obvious methods one should know when
+compiling GNU libc:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Better never compile in the source directory. Create a new directory
+and run the @file{configure} from there. Everything should happen
+automagically.
+
+@item
+You can use the @code{-j} option of GNU make by changing the line
+specifying @code{PARALLELMAKE} in the Makefile generated during the
+configuration.
+
+It is not useful to start the @code{make} process using the @code{-j}
+option since this option is not propagated down to the sub-@code{make}s.
+
+@item
+If you made some changes after a complete build and only want to check
+these changes run @code{make} while specifying the list of subdirs it
+has to visit.
+
+@smallexample
+make subdirs="nss elf"
+@end smallexample
+
+The above build run will only visit the subdirectories @file{nss} and
+@file{elf}. Beside this it updates the @file{libc} files itself.
+@end itemize
+
@node Reporting Bugs
@appendixsec Reporting Bugs
@cindex reporting bugs