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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--INSTALL7
-rw-r--r--NEWS3
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi7
-rw-r--r--posix/Versions3
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f5ecbafce5..ace2b6fd46 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-11-03  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* posix/Versions: Export __sysconf.
+
 2000-11-02  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* version.h (VERSION): Bump to 2.1.97.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 502b43a45a..226b4c8ab5 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ will be used, and CFLAGS sets optimization options for the compiler.
      add-ons that you _do_ want used, like this:
      `--enable-add-ons=linuxthreads'
 
+`--enable-kernel=VERSION'
+     This option is currently only useful on Linux systems.  The
+     VERSION parameter should have the form X.Y.Z and describes the
+     smallest version of the Linux kernel the generated library is
+     expected to support.  The higher the VERSION number is, the less
+     compatibility code is added, and the faster the code gets.
+
 `--with-binutils=DIRECTORY'
      Use the binutils (assembler and linker) in `DIRECTORY', not the
      ones the C compiler would default to.  You could use this option if
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 086877f571..e6391a7f5f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Version 2.2
   recompiled.  Don't expect binary compatibility with previous glibc
   versions.
 
+* various conversion modules for IBM character sets contributed by
+  Masahide Washizawa.
+
 * IA-64 port by Jes Sorensen and HJ Lu.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 85007cfb11..120b750e46 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ not wish to use some add-on package that you have present in your source
 tree, give this option a list of the add-ons that you @emph{do} want
 used, like this: @samp{--enable-add-ons=linuxthreads}
 
+@item --enable-kernel=@var{version}
+This option is currently only useful on Linux systems.  The
+@var{version} parameter should have the form X.Y.Z and describes the
+smallest version of the Linux kernel the generated library is expected
+to support.  The higher the @var{version} number is, the less
+compatibility code is added, and the faster the code gets.
+
 @item --with-binutils=@var{directory}
 Use the binutils (assembler and linker) in @file{@var{directory}}, not
 the ones the C compiler would default to.  You could use this option if
diff --git a/posix/Versions b/posix/Versions
index 9830841151..0d04fccc22 100644
--- a/posix/Versions
+++ b/posix/Versions
@@ -105,5 +105,8 @@ libc {
     posix_spawn; posix_spawnp; posix_spawnattr_getschedpolicy;
     posix_spawnattr_setschedpolicy; posix_spawnattr_getschedparam;
     posix_spawnattr_setschedparam;
+
+    # Used in macros.
+    __sysconf;
   }
 }