installation.
You will need recent versions of several GNU tools: definitely GCC
-and GNU Make, and possibly others. *Note Tools for Compilation::,
-below.
+and GNU Make, and possibly others. See Tools for Compilation, below.
Configuring and compiling the GNU C Library
===========================================
slightly increased program load times.
'--enable-pt_chown'
- The file 'pt_chown' is a helper binary for 'grantpt' (*note
- Pseudo-Terminals: Allocation.) that is installed setuid root to fix
+ The file 'pt_chown' is a helper binary for 'grantpt' (see
+ Pseudo-Terminals: Allocation) that is installed setuid root to fix
up pseudo-terminal ownership on GNU/Hurd. It is not required on
GNU/Linux, and the GNU C Library will not use the installed
'pt_chown' program when configured with '--enable-pt_chown'.
To build and run test programs which exercise some of the library
facilities, type 'make check'. If it does not complete successfully, do
not use the built library, and report a bug after verifying that the
-problem is not already known. *Note Reporting Bugs::, for instructions
-on reporting bugs. Note that some of the tests assume they are not
-being run by 'root'. We recommend you compile and test the GNU C
-Library as an unprivileged user.
+problem is not already known. See Reporting Bugs, for instructions on
+reporting bugs. Note that some of the tests assume they are not being
+run by 'root'. We recommend you compile and test the GNU C Library as
+an unprivileged user.
Before reporting bugs make sure there is no problem with your system.
The tests (and later installation) use some pre-existing files of the
twice.
If you think you have found some way in which the GNU C Library does
-not conform to the ISO and POSIX standards (*note Standards and
-Portability::), that is definitely a bug. Report it!
+not conform to the ISO and POSIX standards (see Standards and
+Portability), that is definitely a bug. Report it!
Once you're sure you've found a bug, try to narrow it down to the
smallest test case that reproduces the problem. In the case of a C