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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2002-08-27 12:10:11 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2002-08-27 12:10:11 +0000
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Update.
2002-08-27  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/arm/Dist: Add bits/link.h.

	* sunrpc/Makefile: Distribute thrsvc.

	* stdio-common/Makefile: Remove more left-overs from old stdio.

	* include/linewrap.h: Removed.

	* libio/bug-mmap-fflush.c: Rewrite to not touch source directory.

	* intl/Makefile (distribute): Add plural-eval.c.

	* stdio-common/Makefile (headers): Remove bits/stdio_lim.h.  This
	file isn't distributed.  Add special rules to install bits/stdio_lim.h.

	* Make-dist: Remove traces of old stdio.
	* Makeconfig: Likewise.

	* locale/Makefile (localedef-aux): New variable.  Only md5
	assigned to it.  These files are not ddistributed in this directory.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/Dist: Add sys/procfs.h.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/Dist: Remove sys/procfs.h.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/Dist: Likewise.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Dist: Remove sys/sendfile.h.
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ understand what you are undertaking before you begin.
 If you have any questions you think should be answered in this document,
 please let me know.
 
-						  --drepper@cygnus.com
+						  --drepper@redhat.com
 
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 
 
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ please let me know.
 2.33.	The makefiles want to do a CVS commit.
 2.34.	When compiling C++ programs, I get a compilation error in streambuf.h.
 2.35.	When recompiling GCC, I get compilation errors in libio.
+2.36.	Why shall glibc never get installed on GNU/Linux systems in
+/usr/local?
 
 3. Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them
 
@@ -854,7 +856,7 @@ files to the XPG4 form:
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Change catalog source in Linux specific format to standard XPG format.
-# Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
+# Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 1996.
 #
 /^\$ #/ {
   h
@@ -1255,6 +1257,20 @@ http://clisp.cons.org/~haible/gccinclude-glibc-2.2-compat.diff
 This version is needed because the fpos_t type and a few libio internals
 have changed in glibc 2.2, and gcc 2.95.3 contains a corresponding patch.
 
+
+2.36.	Why shall glibc never get installed on GNU/Linux systems in
+/usr/local?
+
+{AJ} The GNU C compiler treats /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib in a
+special way, these directories will be searched before the system
+directories.  Since on GNU/Linux the system directories /usr/include and
+/usr/lib contain a --- possibly different --- version of glibc and mixing
+certain files from different glibc installations is not supported and will
+break, you risk breaking your complete system.  If you want to test a glibc
+installation, use another directory as argument to --prefix.  If you like to
+install this glibc version as default version, overriding the existing one,
+use --prefix=/usr and everything will go in the right places.
+
 
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