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diff --git a/src/third_party/glibc/README b/src/third_party/glibc/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be687c7d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/third_party/glibc/README @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +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 +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 +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. + +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 + hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches. + i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu + x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32 + ia64-*-linux-gnu + m68k-*-linux-gnu + microblaze*-*-linux-gnu + mips-*-linux-gnu + mips64-*-linux-gnu + 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. + +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. + +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 +these additional notices to be distributed. License copyright years may be +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. |