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-rw-r--r--manual/Makefile16
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi19
-rw-r--r--manual/libc.texinfo17
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
index 67e13904bb..a05ab8328c 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile
+++ b/manual/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ examples = $(filter-out $(foreach d, $(add-ons), ../$d/%.c.texi), \
 
 # Generated files directly included from libc.texinfo.
 libc-texi-generated = chapters.texi top-menu.texi dir-add.texi \
-		      libm-err.texi version.texi
+		      libm-err.texi version.texi pkgvers.texi
 
 # Add path to build dir for generated files
 texis-path := $(filter-out $(libc-texi-generated) summary.texi $(examples), \
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@ $(objpfx)stamp-libm-err: libm-err-tab.pl $(wildcard $(foreach dir,$(sysdirs),\
 	$(move-if-change) $(objpfx)libm-err-tmp $(objpfx)libm-err.texi
 	touch $@
 
+# Package version and bug reporting URL.
+$(objpfx)pkgvers.texi: $(objpfx)stamp-pkgvers ;
+$(objpfx)stamp-pkgvers: $(common-objpfx)config.make
+	echo "@ifclear PKGVERS" > $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+	echo "@set PKGVERS" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+	echo "@set PKGVERSION $(PKGVERSION_TEXI)" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+	if [ "$(PKGVERSION_TEXI)" = "(GNU libc) " ]; then \
+	  echo "@set PKGVERSION_DEFAULT" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp; \
+	fi
+	echo "@set REPORT_BUGS_TO $(REPORT_BUGS_TEXI)" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+	echo "@end ifclear" >> $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp
+	$(move-if-change) $(objpfx)pkgvers-tmp $(objpfx)pkgvers.texi
+	touch $@
+
 # Generate a file with the version number.
 $(objpfx)version.texi: $(objpfx)stamp-version ;
 $(objpfx)stamp-version: $(common-objpfx)config.make
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 4802e699fe..1b54051de3 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 @c Makeinfo ignores it when processing the file from the include.
 @setfilename INSTALL
 @include macros.texi
+@include pkgvers.texi
 
 @node Installation, Maintenance, Library Summary, Top
 @c %MENU% How to install the GNU C Library
@@ -173,6 +174,19 @@ the appropriate compiler flags (@samp{-mcpu=i386} will do the trick) to
 @var{CFLAGS}.
 
 If you specify just @samp{--build}, @code{configure} will get confused.
+
+@item --with-pkgversion=@var{version}
+Specify a description, possibly including a build number or build
+date, of the binaries being built, to be included in
+@option{--version} output from programs installed with @theglibc{}.
+For example, @option{--with-pkgversion='FooBar GNU/Linux glibc build
+123'}.  The default value is @samp{GNU libc}.
+
+@item --with-bugurl=@var{url}
+Specify the URL that users should visit if they wish to report a bug,
+to be included in @option{--help} output from programs installed with
+@theglibc{}.  The default value refers to the main bug-reporting
+information for @theglibc{}.
 @end table
 
 To build the library and related programs, type @code{make}.  This will
@@ -458,7 +472,8 @@ remain unfixed for all eternity, if not longer.
 
 It is a good idea to verify that the problem has not already been
 reported.  Bugs are documented in two places: The file @file{BUGS}
-describes a number of well known bugs and the bug tracking system has a
+describes a number of well known bugs and the central @glibcadj{}
+bug tracking system has a
 WWW interface at
 @url{http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/}.  The WWW
 interface gives you access to open and closed reports.  A closed report
@@ -483,7 +498,7 @@ library, you really only need to narrow it down to one library
 function call, if possible.  This should not be too difficult.
 
 The final step when you have a simple test case is to report the bug.
-Do this using the WWW interface to the bug database.
+Do this at @value{REPORT_BUGS_TO}.
 
 If you are not sure how a function should behave, and this manual
 doesn't tell you, that's a bug in the manual.  Report that too!  If the
diff --git a/manual/libc.texinfo b/manual/libc.texinfo
index 2c1344ac84..d720fbdcf3 100644
--- a/manual/libc.texinfo
+++ b/manual/libc.texinfo
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @end direntry
 @include dir-add.texi
 
+@include pkgvers.texi
+
 @c This tells texinfo.tex to use the real section titles in xrefs in
 @c place of the node name, when no section title is explicitly given.
 @set xref-automatic-section-title
@@ -36,7 +38,13 @@ This file documents @theglibc{}.
 This is
 @c Disabled (printed editions, see above).
 @c Edition @value{EDITION} of
-@cite{The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for version @value{VERSION}.
+@cite{The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for version
+@ifset PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@value{VERSION}.
+@end ifset
+@ifclear PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@value{VERSION} @value{PKGVERSION}.
+@end ifclear
 
 Copyright @copyright{} 1993--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
@@ -70,6 +78,10 @@ supports it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
 @c @center Edition @value{EDITION}
 @c @sp 1
 @center for version @value{VERSION}
+@ifclear PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@sp 1
+@center @value{PKGVERSION}
+@end ifclear
 @page
 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
 @insertcopying
@@ -96,6 +108,9 @@ This is
 @c Disabled (printed editions, see above).
 @c Edition @value{EDITION} of
 @cite{The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for Version @value{VERSION}
+@ifclear PKGVERSION_DEFAULT
+@value{PKGVERSION}
+@end ifclear
 of @theglibc{}.
 @end ifnottex