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diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index 46a25d5453..892e25df56 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ program has the needed functionality. We recommend version GNU make version 3.75 or 3.77. Versions before 3.75 have bugs and/or are missing features. Version 3.76 has bugs which appear when building big projects like GNU libc. 3.76.1 appears to work but -some people have reported problems. +some people have reported problems. If you build GNU make 3.77 from source, +please read question ?make first. ?? Do I need a special linker or assembler? @@ -1231,6 +1232,15 @@ for Sydney we have Great! To get this bug fixed convince the authorities to change the laws and regulations of the country this effects. glibc behaves correctly. +??make I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets + segmentation faults. + +{AJ} GNU make 3.77 has support for 64 bit filesystems which is slightly +broken (and one of the new features in the GNU C library 2.1 is 64 bit +filesystem support :-( ). To get a working make you can use either make +3.75 or patch 3.77. A working patch is available via RedHat's Rawhide server +(ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/SRPMS/SRPMS/make-3.77-*src.rpm). + Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com> |