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diff --git a/manual/maint.texi b/manual/maint.texi index 3675c4faba..d8e835f441 100644 --- a/manual/maint.texi +++ b/manual/maint.texi @@ -176,11 +176,15 @@ facilities, type @code{make check}. This will produce several files with names like @file{@var{program}.out}. To format the @cite{GNU C Library Reference Manual} for printing, type -@w{@code{make dvi}}. +@w{@code{make dvi}}. You need a working @TeX{} installation to do this. To install the library and its header files, and the Info files of the manual, type @code{make install}. This will build things if necessary, -before installing them.@refill +before installing them. If you want to install the files in a different +place than the one specified at configuration time you can specify a +value for the Makefile variable @code{install_root} on the command line. +This is useful to create chroot'ed environment or to prepare binary +releases.@refill @node Tools for Installation @appendixsubsec Recommended Tools to Install the GNU C Library @@ -192,15 +196,17 @@ build the GNU C library: @itemize @bullet @item -@code{make} 3.75 +@code{make} 3.76.1 You need the latest version of GNU @code{make}. Modifying the GNU C Library to work with other @code{make} programs would be so hard that we -recommend you port GNU @code{make} instead. @strong{Really.} -We recommend version GNU @code{make} version 3.75 or later. +recommend you port GNU @code{make} instead. @strong{Really.} We +recommend version GNU @code{make} version 3.75, 3.76.1 or later. +Version 3.76 is known to have a bug which only shows up in big projects +like GNU @code{libc}. @item -GCC 2.7.2 +GCC 2.7.2.3 On most platforms, the GNU C library can only be compiled with the GNU C compiler. We recommend GCC version 2.7.2 or later; earlier versions may @@ -216,8 +222,43 @@ Using the GNU @code{binutils} (assembler, linker, and related tools) is preferable when possible, and they are required to build an ELF shared C library. We recommend @code{binutils} version 2.8.1 or later; earlier versions are known to have problems or to not support all architectures. + +@item +@code{texinfo} 3.11 + +To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you need +this version of the @code{texinfo} package. Former versions did not +understand all the tags used in the document and also the installation +mechanisms for the info files was not present or worked differently. + +On some Debian Linux based systems the used @code{install-info} program +works differently. Here you have to run make like this: + +@smallexample +make INSTALL_INFO=/path/to/GNU/install-info install +@end smallexample +@end itemize + +If you change any configuration file you will need also + +@itemize @bullet +@item +@code{autoconf} 2.12 @end itemize +@noindent +and if you change any of the message translation files you will also need + +@itemize @bullet +@item +@code{GNU gettext} 0.10 or later +@end itemize + +@noindent +If you upgrade your source tree using the patches made available you probably +will need those package above in any case. + + @node Supported Configurations @appendixsubsec Supported Configurations @cindex configurations, all supported @@ -834,7 +875,7 @@ The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were contributed by Michael Glad. @item -The @code{ftw} function was contributed by Ian Lance Taylor. +The @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} function was contributed by Ulrich Drepper. @item The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by @@ -894,6 +935,11 @@ The port to Linux/m68k (@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) was contributed by Andreas Schwab. @item +The ports to Linux/ARM (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM +standalone (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as parts of the +IPv6 support code, were contributed by Philip Blundell. + +@item Richard Henderson contributed the ELF dynamic linking code and other support for the Alpha processor. |