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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-02-03 13:25:15 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-02-03 13:25:15 +0000
commitd24adae5c0a9093d31881c0cb74b4cc86a8a42eb (patch)
tree188bacfd947ffcad244e164b02dae25cc64fc480
parentde1703ff951625184a2f681d7d57763d655bf712 (diff)
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Remade for stable-2.1
-rw-r--r--INSTALL11
-rw-r--r--README4
-rw-r--r--README.template2
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 276750a833..720c5408e1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ below.
 Configuring and compiling GNU Libc
 ==================================
 
-   GNU Libc cannot be compiled in the source directory.  You must
-create a separate directory for the object files.  This directory
-should be outside the source tree.  For example, if you have unpacked
+   GNU Libc can be compiled in the source directory but we'd advise to
+build in a separate build directory.  For example, if you have unpacked
 the glibc sources in `/src/gnu/glibc-2.1.0', create a directory
 `/src/gnu/glibc-build' to put the object files in.
 
@@ -226,9 +225,9 @@ file to coexist with new programs.  For more information see the files
 permissions on a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the calling
 process.  This means programs like `xterm' and `screen' do not have to
 be setuid to get a pty.  (There may be other reasons why they need
-privileges.)  If you are using a 2.1 Linux kernel with the `devptsfs'
-or `devfs' filesystems providing pty slaves, you don't need this
-program; otherwise you do.  The source for `pt_chown' is in
+privileges.)  If you are using a 2.1 or newer Linux kernel with the
+`devptsfs' or `devfs' filesystems providing pty slaves, you don't need
+this program; otherwise you do.  The source for `pt_chown' is in
 `login/programs/pt_chown.c'.
 
 Recommended Tools for Compilation
diff --git a/README b/README
index 03e0a783b4..cf3fae534a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory contains the version 2.0.112 test release of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the version 2.1 release of the GNU C Library.
 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
 Some bugs surely remain.
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
 Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations,
 we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C
 library.  There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is
-called `glibc-crypt-2.0.112.tar.gz'.  You can just unpack the crypt
+called `glibc-crypt-2.1.tar.gz'.  You can just unpack the crypt
 distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can
 also build the library without getting crypt.  Users outside the USA
 can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.ifi.uio.no
diff --git a/README.template b/README.template
index e9049b8045..8ad40ffffc 100644
--- a/README.template
+++ b/README.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory contains the version VERSION test release of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the version VERSION release of the GNU C Library.
 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
 Some bugs surely remain.