From ec42724d6970b2d3e9007de0841394856e84d287 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 06:38:54 +0000 Subject: Tue Jul 16 00:31:31 1996 Richard Henderson * sysdeps/alpha/dl-machine.h: Mirror Roland's changes to i386/dl-machine.h of 960713. * sysdeps/generic/dl-sysdep.c: Include . (_dl_sysdep_read_whole_file): Fix result variable declaration. Tue Jul 16 00:53:57 1996 Roland McGrath * sysdeps/mach/hurd/uname.c: Call __gethostname to fill in the `nodename' member. Mon Jul 15 17:23:53 1996 Ulrich Drepper * stdio-common/vfprintf.c (vfprintf): Call parse_one_spec with pointer to local variable instead of NULL. 1996-07-15 Paul Eggert * time/strftime.c (strftime): Don't pass empty macro argument to `add'. Sat Jul 13 09:53:39 1996 Andreas Schwab * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile (sysdep_routines): Remove names that are already added by other means. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add more EXTRA's in the caller column to get those syscalls added automagically. * elf/rtld.c (dl_main) [ELF_MACHINE_DEBUG_SETUP]: Use this macro instead of setting the DT_DEBUG pointer. * csu/initfini.c (_init, _fini): Generate .end directives after standalone prologues and filter them out from epilogues. --- FAQ | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'FAQ') diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 5cb8b724f6..84dd9848fa 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ please let me know. [Q12] ``The `gencat' utility cannot process the input which are successfully used on my Linux libc based system. Why?'' + +[Q13] ``How do I configure GNU libc so that the essential libraries + like libc.so go into /lib and the other into /usr/lib?'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -287,7 +290,6 @@ means to support the new techniques later. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - [Q11] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in on many systems?'' @@ -300,7 +302,6 @@ code for POSIX TZ environment variable handling. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - [Q12] ``The `gencat' utility cannot process the input which are successfully used on my Linux libc based system. Why?'' @@ -337,6 +338,36 @@ catalog files to the XPG4 form: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q13] ``How do I configure GNU libc so that the essential libraries + like libc.so go into /lib and the other into /usr/lib?'' + +[A13] {UD} Like all other GNU packages GNU libc is configured to use a +base directory and install all files relative to this. If you intend +to really use GNU libc on your system this base directory is /usr. I.e., +you run + configure --prefix=/usr + +Some systems like Linux have a filesystem standard which makes a +difference between essential libraries and others. Essential +libraries are placed in /lib because this directory is required to be +located on the same disk partition as /. The /usr subtree might be +found on another partition/disk. + +To install the essential libraries which come with GNU libc in /lib +one must explicitly tell this. Autoconf has no option for this so you +have to use the file where all user supplied additional information +should go in: `configparms' (see the `INSTALL' file). For Linux the +`configparms' file should contain: + +slibdir=/lib +sysconfdir=/etc + +The first line specifies the directory for the essential libraries, +the second line the directory for file which are by tradition placed +in a directory named /etc. + + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: -- cgit 1.4.1