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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-03-25 15:21:09 +0000
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1998-03-25  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* glibcbug.in: Create files safely when mktemp is not available.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/adjtime.c: Make weak alias appear again.
	Patch by a sun <asun@saul1.u.washington.edu>.

1998-03-25  Thorsten Kukuk  <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>

	* libc.map: Rename getname to getnetname.

1998-03-25 13:35  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* manual/maint.texi: Use supported platform in examples.

	* manual/install.texi: Document some installation tips.

1998-03-25 10:56  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* posix/wordexp.c: Fix some memory leaks and makes $* more efficient.
	Fix a bug so that it returns an error if a numeric parameter is
	unset and WRDE_UNDEF is set.
	Patch by Andreas Schwab and Tim Waugh.
	* posix/wordexp-test.c: Add new new test.

1998-03-25  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* posix/regex.c (regex_compile): Last patch wasn't entirely
	correct.  Patch by Alain Magloire <alainm@rcsm.ece.mcgill.ca>.

1998-03-24  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* manual/filesys.texi (Scanning Directory Content): Fix typo.

1998-03-25 09:24  Bernd Schmidt  <crux@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>

	* sysdeps/i386/bits/string.h: Fix all assembler statements so that
	clobbered registers don't appear as operands.
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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 @menu
 * Tools for Installation::      We recommend using these tools to build.
 * Supported Configurations::    What systems the GNU C library runs on.
+* Tips for Installation::       Useful hints for the installation.
 * Reporting Bugs::              How to report bugs (if you want to
                                 get them fixed) and other troubles
                                 you may have with the GNU C library.
@@ -325,6 +326,39 @@ sun4-solaris2.@var{n} sun4-sunos5.@var{n}
 sun4-sunos4.@var{n} sun4
 @end smallexample
 
+@node Tips for Installation
+@appendixsec Useful hints for the installation
+
+There are a some more or less obvious methods one should know when
+compiling GNU libc:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Better never compile in the source directory.  Create a new directory
+and run the @file{configure} from there.  Everything should happen
+automagically.
+
+@item
+You can use the @code{-j} option of GNU make by changing the line
+specifying @code{PARALLELMAKE} in the Makefile generated during the
+configuration.
+
+It is not useful to start the @code{make} process using the @code{-j}
+option since this option is not propagated down to the sub-@code{make}s.
+
+@item
+If you made some changes after a complete build and only want to check
+these changes run @code{make} while specifying the list of subdirs it
+has to visit.
+
+@smallexample
+make subdirs="nss elf"
+@end smallexample
+
+The above build run will only visit the subdirectories @file{nss} and
+@file{elf}.  Beside this it updates the @file{libc} files itself.
+@end itemize
+
 @node Reporting Bugs
 @appendixsec Reporting Bugs
 @cindex reporting bugs