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Diffstat (limited to 'FAQ')
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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index df2686e243..d4af13b05b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ by in the above example specs file to make it work for other systems. -Version 2.7.2.2 does and future versions of GCC will automatically +Version 2.7.2.3 does and future versions of GCC will automatically provide the correct specs. @@ -595,13 +595,9 @@ GROUP ( libc.so.6 ld-linux.so.2 libc.a ) any other system I saw. This is a bug, isn't it?'' [A18] {UD} No, this is no bug. This version of the GNU libc already -follows the to-be-released POSIX.1g standard. In this standard -the type `size_t' is used for all parameters which describe a size. -So better change now. - -This change is critical for system which have - sizeof (int) != sizeof (size_t) -like the Alpha. +follows the Single Unix specifications (and I think the POSIX.1g +draft which adopted the solution). The type for parameter describing +a size is now `socklen_t', a new type. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -617,28 +613,9 @@ invalid. I.e., an emulated FPU is for the libc as good as a real one. [Q20] ``How can I compile gcc 2.7.2.1 from the gcc source code using glibc 2.x? -[A20] {AJ} There's only support for glibc 2.0 in gcc 2.7.2.2 or later. - -gcc 2.7.2.2 has also a nasty bug. It installs its own version of -assert.h into /usr/<machine>/include that is not compatible with -glibc. Please remove this file - otherwise you get lots of problems -with configure. - -For 2.7.2.2 you should also use the following patch and configure for -e.g. i486-linux. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- configure Tue Feb 11 15:57:17 1997 -+++ configure Wed Feb 12 23:09:29 1997 -@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ - gnu_ld=yes - # GNU libc version 2 does not supply these; - # we want them from GCC. -- extra_parts="crtbegin.o crtend.o" -+ extra_parts="crtbegin.o crtbeginS.o crtend.o crtendS.o" - ;; - i[3456]86-go32-msdos | i[3456]86-*-go32) - cpu_type=i386 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +[A20] {AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3 +or later. You should get at least gcc 2.7.2.3. All previous versions +had problems with glibc support. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -698,13 +675,13 @@ very beginning and if it is not usable `configure' will bark. [Q24] ``I have set up /etc/nis.conf, and the Linux libc 5 with NYS works great. But the glibc NIS+ doesn't seem to work.'' -[A24] The glibc NIS+ implementation uses a /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START - file for storing information about the NIS+ server and their - public keys, because the nis.conf file do not contain all - necessary information. You have to copy a NIS_COLD_START file - from a Solaris client (the NIS_COLD_START file is byte order - independend) or generate it new with nisinit from the nis-tools - (look at http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html). +[A24] The glibc NIS+ implementation uses a /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START +file for storing information about the NIS+ server and their public +keys, because the nis.conf file do not contain all necessary +information. You have to copy a NIS_COLD_START file from a Solaris +client (the NIS_COLD_START file is byte order independend) or generate +it new with nisinit from the nis-tools (look at +http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |