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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index dbbd2cccb5..9bb4e64dc5 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Features can be added to GNU Libc via @dfn{add-on} bundles. These are separate tarfiles which you unpack into the top level of the source tree. Then you give @code{configure} the @samp{--enable-add-ons} option to activate them, and they will be compiled into the library. As of the -2.1 release, two important components of glibc are distributed as -``official'' add-ons. Unless you are doing an unusual installation, you -should get them both. +2.2 release, one important component of glibc is distributed as +``official'' add-ons: the linuxthreads add-on. Unless you are doing an +unusual installation, you should get this. Support for POSIX threads is maintained by someone else, so it's in a separate package. It is only available for Linux systems, but this will @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ GNU Make, and possibly others. @xref{Tools for Compilation}, below. GNU libc can be compiled in the source directory, but we strongly advise to build it in a separate build directory. For example, if you have unpacked -the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-2.1.0}, create a directory +the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-2.2.0}, create a directory @file{/src/gnu/glibc-build} to put the object files in. This allows removing the whole build directory in case an error occurs, which is the safest way to get a fresh start and should always be done. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ From your object directory, run the shell script @file{configure} found at the top level of the source tree. In the scenario above, you'd type @smallexample -$ ../glibc-2.1.0/configure @var{args...} +$ ../glibc-2.2.0/configure @var{args...} @end smallexample Please note that even if you're building in a separate build directory, |