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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 4 | ||||
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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. |