README

   1 This directory contains the version 1.09.6 test 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 has been ported to the following
   6 configurations:
   7
   8                 alpha-dec-osf1
   9                 i386-bsd4.3
  10                 i386-force_cpu386-none
  11                 i386-gnu (for Hurd development only)
  12                 i386-isc2.2
  13                 i386-isc3
  14                 i386-sco3.2
  15                 i386-sco3.2v4
  16                 i386-sequent-bsd
  17                 i386-sysv
  18                 i386-sysv4
  19                 i960-nindy960-none
  20                 m68k-hp-bsd4.3
  21                 m68k-mvme135-none
  22                 m68k-mvme136-none
  23                 m68k-sony-newsos3
  24                 m68k-sony-newsos4
  25                 m68k-sun-sunos4
  26                 mips-dec-ultrix4
  27                 mips-sgi-irix4
  28                 sparc-sun-solaris2
  29                 sparc-sun-sunos4
  30
  31 Porting the library is not hard.  If you are interested in doing a port,
  32 please get on the mailing list by sending electronic mail to
  33 bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu.
  34
  35 The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
  36 provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
  37 Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations,
  38 we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C
  39 library.  There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is
  40 called `glibc-1.09.6-crypt.tar.gz'.  You can just unpack the crypt
  41 distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can
  42 also build the library without getting crypt.  Users outside the USA
  43 can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.uni-c.dk
  44 [129.142.6.74], or another archive site outside the USA.  Archive
  45 maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives
  46 outside the USA.  Please get it from ftp.uni-c.dk; transferring this
  47 distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site in the USA) to a
  48 site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws.
  49
  50 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
  51 the GNU C library.
  52
  53 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
  54 in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated and
  55 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have
  56 the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.  Please
  57 send comments on the manual to bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu, and
  58 not to the library bug-reporting address.
  59
  60 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
  61 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
  62 facilities you want it to make available.
  63
  64 Send bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
  65
  66 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
  67 conditions.