README

   1 This directory contains the version 2.3.2 release of the GNU C Library.
   2 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
   3 Some bugs surely remain.
   4
   5 As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following
   6 configurations:
   7
   8                 *-*-gnu                 GNU Hurd
   9                 i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu   Linux-2.x on Intel
  10                 m68k-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
  11                 alpha*-*-linux-gnu      Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
  12                 powerpc-*-linux-gnu     Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
  13                 powerpc64-*-linux-gnu   Linux-2.4.19+ on 64-bit PowerPC systems
  14                 sparc-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on SPARC
  15                 sparc64-*-linux-gnu     Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC 64-bit
  16                 arm-*-none              ARM standalone systems
  17                 arm-*-linux             Linux-2.x on ARM
  18                 arm-*-linuxaout         Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
  19                 mips*-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on MIPS
  20                 ia64-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.x on ia64
  21                 s390-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.x on IBM S/390
  22                 s390x-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.4+ on IBM S/390 64-bit
  23                 sh-*-linux-gnu          Linux-2.x on Super Hitachi
  24                 cris-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.4+ on CRIS
  25                 x86-64-*-linux-gnu      Linux-2.4+ on x86-64
  26
  27 Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
  28 versions) used to run on the following configurations:
  29
  30                 alpha-dec-osf1
  31                 i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3
  32                 i[3456]86-*-isc2.2
  33                 i[3456]86-*-isc3
  34                 i[3456]86-*-sco3.2
  35                 i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4
  36                 i[3456]86-*-sysv
  37                 i[3456]86-*-sysv4
  38                 i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
  39                 i[3456]86-sequent-bsd
  40                 i960-nindy960-none
  41                 m68k-hp-bsd4.3
  42                 m68k-mvme135-none
  43                 m68k-mvme136-none
  44                 m68k-sony-newsos3
  45                 m68k-sony-newsos4
  46                 m68k-sun-sunos4
  47                 mips-dec-ultrix4
  48                 mips-sgi-irix4
  49                 sparc-sun-solaris2
  50                 sparc-sun-sunos4
  51
  52 Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
  53 these are not supported at the moment.  It's expected that these don't
  54 work anymore.  Porting the library is not hard.  If you are interested
  55 in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
  56 electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
  57
  58 There are some add-ons which can be used together with GNU libc.  They
  59 are designed in a way to ease the installation by integrating them in
  60 the libc source tree.  Simply get the add-ons you need and use the
  61 --enable-add-ons option of the `configure' script to tell where the
  62 add-ons are found.  Please read the FAQ file for more details.
  63
  64 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
  65 the GNU C library.  You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
  66 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
  67
  68 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
  69 in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated and
  70 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
  71 have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
  72 Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and
  73 not to the library bug-reporting address.
  74
  75 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
  76 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
  77 facilities you want it to make available.
  78
  79 We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
  80 is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
  81 Simply run this shell script and fill in the information.  Nevertheless
  82 you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
  83 mails.
  84
  85 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
  86 conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
  87 these additional notices to be distributed.