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author | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-02-21 01:01:28 +0000 |
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committer | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-02-21 01:01:28 +0000 |
commit | f1e86fca4a2ba7466c9373f19abfce8998820b86 (patch) | |
tree | 52128240af4b2bd89bff7a3bd646972e4b353c4e /manual/install.texi | |
parent | 05afe84f6dc63c39a556651f7527e65871d24ab9 (diff) | |
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Update or avoid glibc version numbers in manual.
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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 61ff23cc3c..8bfd5f1a17 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ GNU Make, and possibly others. @xref{Tools for Compilation}, below. GNU libc cannot be compiled in the source directory. You must build it in a separate build directory. For example, if you have unpacked -the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-2.4}, create a directory +the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-@var{version}}, create a directory @file{/src/gnu/glibc-build} to put the object files in. This allows removing the whole build directory in case an error occurs, which is the safest way to get a fresh start and should always be done. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ From your object directory, run the shell script @file{configure} located at the top level of the source tree. In the scenario above, you'd type @smallexample -$ ../glibc-2.4/configure @var{args@dots{}} +$ ../glibc-@var{version}/configure @var{args@dots{}} @end smallexample Please note that even though you're building in a separate build @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ spaces or commas (if you use spaces, remember to quote them from the shell). Each add-on in @var{list} can be an absolute directory name or can be a directory name relative to the main source directory, or relative to the build directory (that is, the current working directory). -For example, @samp{--enable-add-ons=nptl,../glibc-libidn-2.4}. +For example, @samp{--enable-add-ons=nptl,../glibc-libidn-@var{version}}. @item --enable-kernel=@var{version} This option is currently only useful on GNU/Linux systems. The @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ paths for installation. This is useful when setting up a chroot environment or preparing a binary distribution. The directory should be specified with an absolute file name. -Glibc 2.2 includes a daemon called @code{nscd}, which you +Glibc includes a daemon called @code{nscd}, which you may or may not want to run. @code{nscd} caches name service lookups; it can dramatically improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as well. @@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ bugs or lack features. @item GCC 3.4 or newer, GCC 4.1 recommended -For the 2.4 release or later, GCC 3.4 or higher is required; as of this +GCC 3.4 or higher is required; as of this writing, GCC 4.4 is the compiler we advise to use for current versions. On certain machines including @code{powerpc64}, compilers prior to GCC -4.0 have bugs that prevent them compiling the C library code in the -2.4 release. On other machines, GCC 4.1 is required to build the C +4.0 have bugs that prevent them compiling the C library code. On other +machines, GCC 4.1 is required to build the C library with support for the correct @code{long double} type format; these include @code{powerpc} (32 bit), @code{s390} and @code{s390x}. For other architectures special compiler-provided headers are needed |