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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 4198a87966..a993ae56cf 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ understand what you are undertaking before you begin. If you have any questions you think should be answered in this document, please let me know. - --drepper@cygnus.com + --drepper@redhat.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ please let me know. 2.33. The makefiles want to do a CVS commit. 2.34. When compiling C++ programs, I get a compilation error in streambuf.h. 2.35. When recompiling GCC, I get compilation errors in libio. +2.36. Why shall glibc never get installed on GNU/Linux systems in +/usr/local? 3. Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them @@ -854,7 +856,7 @@ files to the XPG4 form: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Change catalog source in Linux specific format to standard XPG format. -# Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996. +# Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 1996. # /^\$ #/ { h @@ -1255,6 +1257,20 @@ http://clisp.cons.org/~haible/gccinclude-glibc-2.2-compat.diff This version is needed because the fpos_t type and a few libio internals have changed in glibc 2.2, and gcc 2.95.3 contains a corresponding patch. + +2.36. Why shall glibc never get installed on GNU/Linux systems in +/usr/local? + +{AJ} The GNU C compiler treats /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib in a +special way, these directories will be searched before the system +directories. Since on GNU/Linux the system directories /usr/include and +/usr/lib contain a --- possibly different --- version of glibc and mixing +certain files from different glibc installations is not supported and will +break, you risk breaking your complete system. If you want to test a glibc +installation, use another directory as argument to --prefix. If you like to +install this glibc version as default version, overriding the existing one, +use --prefix=/usr and everything will go in the right places. + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |