| This directory contains the sources of the GNU C Library. |
| See the file "version.h" for what release version you have. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the |
| 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. |
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| When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C Library |
| requires Linux kernel version 2.6.16 or later. |
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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. |
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| The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels: |
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| i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu |
| x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32 |
| 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 |
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| The code for other CPU configurations supported by volunteers outside of |
| the core glibc maintenance effort is contained in the `ports' add-on, |
| located in the `ports' subdirectory of the source tree. |
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| aarch64*-*-linux-gnu |
| alpha*-*-linux-gnu |
| am33*-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional |
| arm-*-linux-gnueabi |
| hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches. |
| ia64-*-linux-gnu |
| m68k-*-linux-gnu |
| mips-*-linux-gnu |
| mips64-*-linux-gnu |
| tilegx-*-linux-gnu |
| tilepro-*-linux-gnu |
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| If you are interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc |
| maintainers; see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more |
| information. |
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| 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/. |
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| 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 |
| conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require |
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| listed using range notation, e.g., 2000-2013, indicating that every year in |
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