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   1 This directory contains the version VERSION 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 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                 sparc-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on SPARC
  14                 sparc64-*-linux-gnu     Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
  15
  16
  17 Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
  18 versions) used to run on the following configurations:
  19
  20                 alpha-dec-osf1
  21                 i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3
  22                 i[3456]86-*-isc2.2
  23                 i[3456]86-*-isc3
  24                 i[3456]86-*-sco3.2
  25                 i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4
  26                 i[3456]86-*-sysv
  27                 i[3456]86-*-sysv4
  28                 i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
  29                 i[3456]86-sequent-bsd
  30                 i960-nindy960-none
  31                 m68k-hp-bsd4.3
  32                 m68k-mvme135-none
  33                 m68k-mvme136-none
  34                 m68k-sony-newsos3
  35                 m68k-sony-newsos4
  36                 m68k-sun-sunos4
  37                 mips-dec-ultrix4
  38                 mips-sgi-irix4
  39                 sparc-sun-solaris2
  40                 sparc-sun-sunos4
  41
  42 Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
  43 these are not supported at the moment.  It's expected that these don't
  44 work anymore.  Porting the library is not hard.  If you are interested
  45 in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
  46 electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
  47
  48 The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
  49 provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
  50 Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations,
  51 we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C
  52 library.  There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is
  53 called `glibc-crypt-VERSION.tar.gz'.  You can just unpack the crypt
  54 distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can
  55 also build the library without getting crypt.  Users outside the USA
  56 can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.ifi.uio.no
  57 [129.240.64.21], or another archive site outside the USA.  Archive
  58 maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives
  59 outside the USA.  Please get it from ftp.ifi.uio.no; transferring this
  60 distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site in the USA) to a
  61 site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws.
  62
  63 Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be
  64 used together with GNU libc.  They are designed in a way to ease the
  65 installation by integrating them in the libc source tree.  Simply get the
  66 add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure'
  67 script to tell where the add-ons are found.  Please read the FAQ file for
  68 more details.
  69
  70 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
  71 the GNU C library.  You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
  72 GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.
  73
  74 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
  75 in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated and
  76 contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have
  77 the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.  Please
  78 send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu>, and
  79 not to the library bug-reporting address.
  80
  81 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
  82 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
  83 facilities you want it to make available.
  84
  85 We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
  86 is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
  87 Simply run this shell script and fill in the information.  Nevertheless
  88 you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
  89 mails.
  90
  91 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
  92 conditions.