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| author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-03-18 17:57:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-03-18 17:57:13 +0000 |
| commit | 7551a1e5100c596793fa182cd26346ff971d3a4f (patch) | |
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Update.
1998-03-18 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * manual/memory.texi (Heap Consistency Checking): Document MALLOC_CHECK_. Based on a text by Wolfram Gloger. 1998-03-18 17:11 Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu> * manual/Makefile: Add missing rules. 1998-03-18 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * timezone/Makefile (generated): Define to remove all stamp files. * sysdeps/generic/strsep.c: Also undefine __strsep. * string/strdup.c: Undefine __strdup and strdup first. * string/strndup.c: Likewise. * string/bits/string2.h: Correct strtok_r and strsep. Add strndup optimization. * sysdeps/generic/strsep.c: Little optimization.
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diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index 97e55256e8..bbfbe988ce 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ and the many mirror sites. ftp.gnu.org is always overloaded, so try to find a local mirror first. You always should try to use the latest official release. Older -versions may not have all the features GNU libc requires. On most -supported platforms (for powerpc see question ?powerpc), 2.7.2.3 is -the earliest version that works at all. +versions may not have all the features GNU libc requires. The current +releases of egcs (1.0.2) and GNU CC (2.8.1) should work with the GNU C +library (for powerpc see question ?powerpc). ?? When I try to compile glibc I get only error messages. What's wrong? @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Always get the newest release of GNU binutils available. Older releases are known to have bugs that prevent a successful compilation. {ZW} As of release 2.1 a linker supporting symbol versions is -required. For Linux, get binutils-2.8.1.0.17 or later. Other systems +required. For Linux, get binutils-2.8.1.0.23 or later. Other systems may have native linker support, but it's moot right now, because glibc has not been ported to them. @@ -481,9 +481,9 @@ GROUP ( libc.so.6 ld-linux.so.2 libc.a ) ?? How can I compile gcc 2.7.2.1 from the gcc source code using glibc 2.x? -{AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3 -or later. You should get at least gcc 2.7.2.3. All previous versions -had problems with glibc support. +{AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3 or +later. But you should get at least gcc 2.8.1 or egcs 1.0.2 (or later +versions) instead. ?? The `gencat' utility cannot process the catalog sources which were used on my Linux libc5 based system. Why? @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ problem. ?? What do I need for C++ development? -{HJ,AJ} You need either egcs 1.0.1 or gcc-2.8.1 with libstdc++ +{HJ,AJ} You need either egcs 1.0.2 or gcc-2.8.1 with libstdc++ 2.8.1 (or more recent versions). libg++ 2.7.2 (and the Linux Versions 2.7.2.x) doesn't work very well with the GNU C library due to vtable thunks. If you're upgrading from glibc 2.0.x to 2.1 you have to recompile |