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This directory contains the sources of the GNU C Library.
See the file "version.h" for what release version you have.
The GNU C Library is the standard system C library for all GNU systems,
and is an important part of what makes up a GNU system. It provides the
system API for all programs written in C and C-compatible languages such
as C++ and Objective C; the runtime facilities of other programming
languages use the C library to access the underlying operating system.
In GNU/Linux systems, the C library works with the Linux kernel to
implement the operating system behavior seen by user applications.
In GNU/Hurd systems, it works with a microkernel and Hurd servers.
The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the
i386: Fail at configure time for i386 builds. This change does two things: * Treats a target i386-* as if it were i686. * Fails configure if the user is generating code for i386. We no longer support i386 code-generation because the i386 lacks the atomic operations we need in glibc. You can still configure for i386-*, but you get i686 code. You can't build with --march=i386, --mtune=i386 or a compiler that defaults to i386 code-generation. I've added two i386 entries in the master todo list to discuss merging and renaming: http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Development_Todo/Master#i386 The failure modes are fail-safe here. You compile for i386, get i686, and try to run on i386 and it fails. The configure log has a warning saying we elided to i686. There is no situation that I can see where we run into any serious problems. The patch makes the current state better in that we get less confused users and we build successfully in more default configurations. The next enhancement would be to add --march=i?86 as suggested in #c20 of BZ#10062 for any i?86-* builds, which would solve the problem of a 32-bit compiler that defaults to i386 code-gen and glibc configured for i686-* target. Which previously failed at build time, and now will fail at configure time (requires adding --march=i686). Updated NEWS with BZ #10060 and #10062. No regressions. --- 2013-04-06 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> [BZ #10060, #10062] * aclocal.m4 (LIBC_COMPILER_BUILTIN_INLINED): New macro. * sysdeps/i386/configure.in: Use LIBC_COMPILER_BUILTIN_INLINED and fail configure if __sync_val_compare_and_swap is not inlined. * sysdeps/i386/configure: Regenerate. * configure.in: Build for i686 when configured for i386. * configure: Regenerate. * README: Remove i386 reference.
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GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[4567]86-*-gnu. The current
GNU/Hurd support requires out-of-tree patches that will eventually be
incorporated into an official GNU C Library release.
When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C Library
Require Linux 3.2 except on x86 / x86_64, 3.2 headers everywhere. In <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-01/msg00885.html> I proposed a minimum Linux kernel version of 3.2 for glibc 2.24, since Linux 2.6.32 has reached EOL. In the discussion in February, some concerns were expressed about compatibility with OpenVZ containers. It's not clear that these are real issues, given OpenVZ backporting kernel features and faking the kernel version for guest software, as discussed in <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00278.html>. It's also not clear that supporting running GNU/Linux distributions from late 2016 (at the earliest) on a kernel series from 2009 is a sensible expectation. However, as an interim step, this patch increases the requirement everywhere except x86 / x86_64 (since the controversy was only about those architectures); the special caveats and settings can easily be removed later when we're ready to increase the requirements on x86 / x86_64 (and if someone would like to raise the issue on LWN as suggested in the previous discussion, that would be welcome). 3.2 kernel headers are required everywhere by this patch. (x32 already requires 3.4 or later, so is unaffected by this patch.) As usual for such a change, this patch only changes the configure scripts and associated documentation. The intent is to follow up with removal of dead __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION conditionals. Each __ASSUME_* or other macro that becomes dead can then be removed independently. Tested for x86_64 and x86. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.ac (LIBC_LINUX_VERSION): Define to 3.2.0. (arch_minimum_kernel): Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure: Regenerated. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/configure.ac (arch_minimum_kernel): Define to 2.6.32. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/configure: Regenerated. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/configure.ac (arch_minimum_kernel): Define to 2.6.32. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/configure: Regenerated. * README: Document Linux 3.2 requirement. * manual/install.texi (Linux): Document Linux 3.2 headers requirement. * INSTALL: Regenerated.
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requires Linux kernel version 3.2 or later on all architectures except
i[4567]86 and x86_64, where Linux kernel version 2.6.32 or later
suffices.
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Also note that the shared version of the libgcc_s library must be
installed for the pthread library to work correctly.
The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels:
aarch64*-*-linux-gnu
alpha*-*-linux-gnu
arm-*-linux-gnueabi
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hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches.
i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu
x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32
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ia64-*-linux-gnu
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m68k-*-linux-gnu
microblaze*-*-linux-gnu
mips-*-linux-gnu
mips64-*-linux-gnu
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powerpc-*-linux-gnu Hardware or software floating point, BE only.
powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu Big-endian and little-endian.
s390-*-linux-gnu
s390x-*-linux-gnu
sh[34]-*-linux-gnu
sparc*-*-linux-gnu
sparc64*-*-linux-gnu
tilegx-*-linux-gnu
tilepro-*-linux-gnu
If you are interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc
maintainers; see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more
information.
See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, and install
the GNU C Library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for
the C library at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/.
The GNU C Library is (almost) completely documented by the Texinfo manual
found in the `manual/' subdirectory. The manual is still being updated
and contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like. For
corrections to the manual, please file a bug in the `manual' component,
following the bug-reporting instructions below. Please be sure to check
the manual in the current development sources to see if your problem has
already been corrected.
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Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html for bug reporting
information. We are now using the Bugzilla system to track all bug reports.
This web page gives detailed information on how to report bugs properly.
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The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
2002-08-20 Brian Youmans <3diff@gnu.org> * manual/contrib.texi: Removed licenses, added acknowledgements for contributions by Intel, IBM, Craig Metz. * LICENSES: New file, contains the text of all non-FSF licenses in the distribution that require putting the notice in the accompanying documentation. * README.template, README: Mention LICENSES. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/net/if_ppp.h: Replaced CMU license with a new one modelled on the modern BSD license, per recent letter of permission from CMU. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_ppp.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/MathLib.h: Changed the copyright holder from IBM to FSF, per the recent Software Letter. Changed the distribution terms from GPL to LGPL. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/asincos.tbl: Added FSF copyright and copying permission notice (Lesser GPL), per recent IBM Software Letter. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/powtwo.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/root.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/sincos.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/uatan.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/uexp.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/ulog.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/upow.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/utan.tbl: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/atnat.h: Changed the copyright holder from IBM to FSF, per the recent Software Letter. Corrected the text of the copying permission notice to say Lesser GPL instead of GPL in warranty disclaimer paragraph. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/atnat2.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/branred.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/dla.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/doasin.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/dosincos.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpa.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpa2.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpatan.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpexp.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mplog.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpsqrt.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mydefs.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/sincos32.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/uasncs.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/uexp.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/ulog.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/upow.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/urem.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/uroot.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/usncs.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/utan.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/branred.c: Corrected the text of the copying permission notice to say Lesser GPL instead of GPL in warranty disclaimer paragraph. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/doasin.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/dosincos.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_asin.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_atan2.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_exp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_log.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_pow.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_sqrt.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/halfulp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpa.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpatan.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpatan2.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpexp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mplog.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpsqrt.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mptan.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_atan.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_sin.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_tan.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/sincos32.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/slowexp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/slowpow.c: Likewise.
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conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
these additional notices to be distributed. License copyright years may be
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listed using range notation, e.g., 1996-2015, indicating that every year in
the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that would otherwise be listed
individually.