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libs/libc/libc-5.x/release.libc-5.4.38

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+Hi, Gals and Guys,
+
+The Linux C library 5.4.38 is a bug-fixing release for libc 5.4.33.
+There are no new features in this release.
+
+Changes from libc 5.4.33:
+
+1. More libc 6.x/glibc 2.x compatibility codes for libc 5.4.38
+   so that the old XFree86 binaries will run fine with the new XFree86
+   shared libraries compiled with libc 6.x/glibc 2.x.
+2. More NIS bug fixes.
+3. md5 support.
+
+Again, if there is no new serious bug report, the next public release
+of the Linux C library will be 6.0. The main features in libc 6.0,
+aka glibc 2.0, are MT-safe and pthread support. With libc 6.0, Linux
+will enter an era of SMP kernel support as well as the kernel-based
+pthread support. I have been running libc 6.0 with gcc, binutils,
+bin86 and XFree86 3.3.1. Everything looks very encouraging. As of 2.0.5,
+glibc is usable for general public. People are encouraged to try it
+out and send in bug report.
+
+Due to the new, improved locale, the Linux C library 5.4.38 is binary
+compatible with libc 5.3.12 but not vice versa. The binaries
+compiled/linked with libc.so.5.4.38 may not run with libc.so.5.3.12.
+You may need to regenerate locale files for the new locale in libc
+5.4.38 if you use locales other tha C/POSIX which are the defaults.
+
+Binaries of locale and localedef are included in the binary release.
+The locale sources are at
+
+ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection/locales
+
+But if you want to really use locale, you should use glibc 2, aka
+libc 6. There will be no new locale development in libc 5.
+
+There are many security bug fixes. Please consult ChangeLog for
+details. Please let me know if there are more security bugs remains.
+
+This is the public release of the Linux C library 5.4.38. Please read
+the ChangeLog for details regarding changes/bug fixes.
+
+DISTRIBUTION SITES:
+
+The primary FTP sites for the compiler/C library are:
+
+*     ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC
+*     ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC
+
+DISTRIBUTION FILES:
+
+1.	libc-5.4.38.bin.tar.gz
+
+REQUIRED. This package contains the header files for libc, shared and
+static ELF libraries libc and libm, and the static ELF library libbsd.a. 
+The header files in libc-5.4.38.bin.tar.gz are not complete. You need to
+install the kernel source tree for the system-dependent header files.
+
+The header files are in lib-x.y.z.bin.tar.gz and libc-x.y.z.tar.gz. You
+can do
+
+# gzip -dc lib-x.y.z.bin.tar.gz | tar xvvf - usr/include
+
+to extract the header files without the binaries files. A separate
+tar file for the header files may cause unnecessary confusion.
+
+2.	libc-5.4.38.tar.gz
+ 
+Source tree for libc and header files.
+
+3.	libc-5.4.33-5.4.38.diff.gz
+
+Context diffs against the source tree from the previous libc release.
+Please make sure the empty libc/regex/rx.h is deleted.
+
+MISSING LIBRARIES:
+
+The only libraries included in this package are the Linux C library, libc 
+and the math library, libm.
+
+ELF versions of libraries formerly included in the libc package can be 
+found at the following FTP sites:
+
+* gdbm		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/db/gdbm-1.7.3-ELF.tar.gz
+* db		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/db/db-1.85.2.bin.tar.gz
+* ncurses	ftp://ftp.tos.net/pub/linux/ncurses
+* termcap	ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC
+		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC
+
+Gertjan van Wingerde (gertjan@cs.vu.nl) maintains the ELF db package.
+
+Christopher Wiles (wileyc@moscow.com) maintains the ELF gdbm and
+curses.
+
+MacGyver <macgyver@tos.net> maintains the ELF ncurses.
+
+NOTE: I strongly suggest using ncurses to replace curses/termcap. The
+current ncurses supports ELF.
+
+SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
+
+* 	kernel 1.1.92 or above.  It may work with an older kernel if
+	the QMAGIC format is supported. If you use the kernel 1.3.x,
+	you should upgrade to 1.3.40 or above. Otherwise readv/writev
+	system calls won't work right.
+	To compile the MIT pthread kernel, I only builed it with
+	Linux kernel source code 1.99.10. You can comment out
+	pthreads in DIRS in libc/sysdeps/Makefile.
+*	gcc-2.7.2.3 or above and binutils-2.8.1.0.1 or above.
+*	ld.so-1.9.5 or above.  The latest version can be obtained from 
+	ftp://ftp.ods.com/pub/linux
+*	libg++ 2.7.2.8 or above.  This is only necessary for development 
+	using c++.
+
+BINARY INSTALLATION:
+
+Ensure that /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux are a symlinks to 
+their counterparts in the kernel source tree.  For example, if your kernel
+source resides within /usr/src/linux, execute: 
+
+ln -s -f /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/asm
+ln -s -f /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux
+
+As some programs need <linux/autoconf.h>, the following two commands may 
+be necessary to generate that header file:
+			  
+cd /usr/src/linux
+make config
+
+Verify that /var/run/utmp and /var/log/wtmp exist.  Replace all other 
+occurances of utmp and wtmp (/etc/utmp, for example) with symlinks.
+
+Assuming the libc binary tarfile is in /, and as root, execute:
+			       
+cd /
+rm -f /lib/libc.so /lib/libm.so
+rm -f /usr/lib/libc.so /usr/lib/libm.so
+rm -f /usr/include/iolibio.h /usr/include/iostdio.h 
+rm -f /usr/include/wcstr.h /usr/include/mbstr.h
+rm -f /usr/include/ld_so_config.h /usr/include/localeinfo.h
+rm -rf /usr/include/netinet /usr/include/net /usr/include/pthread
+gzip -dc libc-5.4.38.bin.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+
+SOURCE INSTALLATION:
+
+Unpack the libc source tarfile in your source directory.  Refer to the 
+README for compilation instructions.
+
+COMPATIBILITY NOTES:
+
+If your kernel uses system call numbers 135 to 146 for unintended
+purposes, this library may not work for you. One example is the kswap
+kernel patch for 1.2.x uses the same system call numbers for other
+uses. That breaks this library. Please compare/check <sys/syscall.h>,
+<asm/unistd.h> and <linux/unistd.h>. You have to make sure those
+system call numbers are consistent from libc to your kernel.
+
+There is no support for a.out libraries in this source tree.  The latest
+version of the a.out library suite is libc-4.7.5, which can be obtained
+from one of the ftp sites listed below. 
+
+The structure DIR, defined in sysdeps/linux/dirstream.h, was changed in
+release 5.2.0.  If you upgrade from release 5.1.4 or earlier to release
+5.2.0 or later, you must reboot after installing the new libraries.  If
+you compile your own library, *do not* "make install".  Instead, copy the
+new libc.so* to /lib, do "ldconfig -v", reboot, then do "make install" 
+
+A dirent bug, which erroneously defined d->reclen to d->namlen if USE_GNU
+was defined, has been fixed.  Unfortunately, some GNU packages depend on
+this bug.  GNU make 3.xx is one of them. GNU make 3.75 or above is
+fine. A patch is included here for 3.74 and below.
+
+A back door has been added for the file descriptor in DIR.  You need to
+define DIRENT_ILLEGAL_ACCESS to access the dd_fd field.  You should use
+dirfd () to get the the file descriptor in DIR.  Use this at your own
+risk. 
+
+A new dirent bug is fixed. The ELF nfsd should work fine. 
+
+<iostdio.h> and <iolibio.h> have been removed.
+
+PTHREAD NOTES:
+
+The MIT pthread library is not supported in libc 5.4.x. The new
+kernel-based pthread will be in libc 6.0.
+
+NYS NOTES:
+
+NYS binaries are not provided this time.  NYS 0.27.4 is included in the 
+source tree as a compile-time option.  Please consult README.nys and other 
+applicable NYS documents before attempting NYS installation. I disabled
+DBM for NYS. Some changes are needed to support non-builtin dbm. 
+
+INFORMATION/DOCUMENTATION:
+
+ELF related WWW pages:
+
+*	http://www.intac.com/~cully/elf.html
+*	http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/users/barlow/linux-gcc.html
+*	http://www.blackdown.org/elf/elf.html
+
+ELF documentation:
+
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/elf.ps.gz
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/elf.latex.tar.gz
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ELF.doc.tar.gz
+
+H.J.
+hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu
+09/02/97
+----
+RCS file: /home/cvs/gnu/make/dir.c,v
+retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
+diff -c -r1.1.1.1 dir.c
+*** 1.1.1.1	1995/06/25 03:27:16
+--- dir.c	1995/06/25 03:55:22
+***************
+*** 20,26 ****
+  
+  #if	defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
+  #include <dirent.h>
+! #ifndef	__GNU_LIBRARY__
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
+  #else	/* GNU C library.  */
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)
+--- 20,26 ----
+  
+  #if	defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
+  #include <dirent.h>
+! #ifndef	__BAD_GNU_LIBRARY__
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
+  #else	/* GNU C library.  */
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /home/cvs/gnu/make/glob/glob.c,v
+retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
+diff -c -r1.1.1.1 glob.c
+*** 1.1.1.1	1995/06/25 03:27:18
+--- glob/glob.c	1995/06/25 03:56:01
+***************
+*** 64,70 ****
+  
+  #if	defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
+  #include <dirent.h>
+! #ifndef	__GNU_LIBRARY__
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
+  #else	/* GNU C library.  */
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)
+--- 64,70 ----
+  
+  #if	defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
+  #include <dirent.h>
+! #ifndef	__BAD_GNU_LIBRARY__
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
+  #else	/* GNU C library.  */
+  #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)

libs/libc/libc-5.x/release.libc-5.4.44

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+Hi, Gals and Guys,
+
+The Linux C library 5.4.44 is a bug-fixing release for libc 5.4.38.
+There are no new features in this release.
+
+Changes from libc 5.4.38:
+
+1. Fix some stdio bugs. Pine should work fine now.
+2. Fix a glob bug. 
+3. Fix a recursive bug in exit.
+4. Fix an overflow bug in malloc.
+5. If your make doesn't work anymore, please get the latst GNU make
+from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu. In the mean time, a working
+GNU make binary is provided as make-3.75.tar.gz. You can use it to
+build the new one.
+
+The public release of the new Linux C library is 6.0, aka glibc 2.0.
+2 main features in glibc 2.0, are MT-safe and pthread support. With
+glibc 2.0, Linux will enter an era of SMP kernel support as well as
+the kernel-based pthread support. I have been running glibc 2.0 with
+gcc, binutils, bin86 and XFree86 3.3.1. Everything works great. As of
+glibc 2.0.6, glibc is usable for general public. People are encouraged
+to try it out and send in bug report. glibc 2.0 can be found at
+
+ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu
+
+and its mirror sites. It compiles right out of box for Linux and
+suppors more architectures in addition to x86 and m68k. There are
+new Linux packages which is based on glibc 2, aka libc 6. You
+can get more information from
+
+http://www.debian.org
+http://www.redhat.com
+
+Due to the new, improved locale, the Linux C library 5.4.44 is binary
+compatible with libc 5.3.12 but not vice versa. The binaries
+compiled/linked with libc.so.5.4.44 may not run with libc.so.5.3.12.
+You may need to regenerate locale files for the new locale in libc
+5.4.44 if you use locales other tha C/POSIX which are the defaults.
+
+Binaries of locale and localedef are included in the binary release.
+The locale sources are at
+
+ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection/locales
+
+But if you want to really use locale, you should use glibc 2, aka
+libc 6. There will be no new locale development in libc 5.
+
+There are many security bug fixes. Please consult ChangeLog for
+details. Please let me know if there are more security bugs remains.
+
+This is the public release of the Linux C library 5.4.44. Please read
+the ChangeLog for details regarding changes/bug fixes.
+
+DISTRIBUTION SITES:
+
+The primary FTP sites for the compiler/C library are:
+
+*     ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC
+*     ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC
+
+DISTRIBUTION FILES:
+
+1.	libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz
+
+REQUIRED. This package contains the header files for libc, shared and
+static ELF libraries libc and libm, and the static ELF library libbsd.a. 
+The header files in libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz are not complete. You need to
+install the kernel source tree for the system-dependent header files.
+
+The header files are in lib-x.y.z.bin.tar.gz and libc-x.y.z.tar.gz. You
+can do
+
+# gzip -dc lib-x.y.z.bin.tar.gz | tar xvvf - usr/include
+
+to extract the header files without the binaries files. A separate
+tar file for the header files may cause unnecessary confusion.
+
+2.	libc-5.4.44.tar.gz
+ 
+Source tree for libc and header files.
+
+3.	libc-5.4.38-5.4.44.diff.gz
+
+Context diffs against the source tree from the previous libc release.
+Please make sure the empty libc/regex/rx.h is deleted.
+
+MISSING LIBRARIES:
+
+The only libraries included in this package are the Linux C library, libc 
+and the math library, libm.
+
+ELF versions of libraries formerly included in the libc package can be 
+found at the following FTP sites:
+
+* gdbm		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/db/gdbm-1.7.3-ELF.tar.gz
+* db		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/db/db-1.85.2.bin.tar.gz
+* ncurses	ftp://ftp.tos.net/pub/linux/ncurses
+* termcap	ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC
+		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC
+
+Gertjan van Wingerde (gertjan@cs.vu.nl) maintains the ELF db package.
+
+Christopher Wiles (wileyc@moscow.com) maintains the ELF gdbm and
+curses.
+
+MacGyver <macgyver@tos.net> maintains the ELF ncurses.
+
+NOTE: I strongly suggest using ncurses to replace curses/termcap. The
+current ncurses supports ELF.
+
+SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
+
+* 	kernel 1.1.92 or above.  It may work with an older kernel if
+	the QMAGIC format is supported. If you use the kernel 1.3.x,
+	you should upgrade to 1.3.40 or above. Otherwise readv/writev
+	system calls won't work right.
+	To compile the MIT pthread kernel, I only builed it with
+	Linux kernel source code 1.99.10. You can comment out
+	pthreads in DIRS in libc/sysdeps/Makefile.
+*	gcc-2.7.2.3 or above and binutils-2.8.1.0.1 or above.
+*	ld.so-1.9.5 or above.  The latest version can be obtained from 
+	ftp://ftp.ods.com/pub/linux
+*	libg++ 2.7.2.8 or above.  This is only necessary for development 
+	using c++.
+
+BINARY INSTALLATION:
+
+Ensure that /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux are a symlinks to 
+their counterparts in the kernel source tree.  For example, if your kernel
+source resides within /usr/src/linux, execute: 
+
+ln -s -f /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/asm
+ln -s -f /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux
+
+As some programs need <linux/autoconf.h>, the following two commands may 
+be necessary to generate that header file:
+			  
+cd /usr/src/linux
+make config
+
+Verify that /var/run/utmp and /var/log/wtmp exist.  Replace all other 
+occurances of utmp and wtmp (/etc/utmp, for example) with symlinks.
+
+Assuming the libc binary tarfile is in /, and as root, execute:
+			       
+cd /
+rm -f /lib/libc.so /lib/libm.so
+rm -f /usr/lib/libc.so /usr/lib/libm.so
+rm -f /usr/include/iolibio.h /usr/include/iostdio.h 
+rm -f /usr/include/wcstr.h /usr/include/mbstr.h
+rm -f /usr/include/ld_so_config.h /usr/include/localeinfo.h
+rm -rf /usr/include/netinet /usr/include/net /usr/include/pthread
+gzip -dc libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+
+SOURCE INSTALLATION:
+
+Unpack the libc source tarfile in your source directory.  Refer to the 
+README for compilation instructions.
+
+COMPATIBILITY NOTES:
+
+If your kernel uses system call numbers 135 to 146 for unintended
+purposes, this library may not work for you. One example is the kswap
+kernel patch for 1.2.x uses the same system call numbers for other
+uses. That breaks this library. Please compare/check <sys/syscall.h>,
+<asm/unistd.h> and <linux/unistd.h>. You have to make sure those
+system call numbers are consistent from libc to your kernel.
+
+There is no support for a.out libraries in this source tree.  The latest
+version of the a.out library suite is libc-4.7.5, which can be obtained
+from one of the ftp sites listed below. 
+
+The structure DIR, defined in sysdeps/linux/dirstream.h, was changed in
+release 5.2.0.  If you upgrade from release 5.1.4 or earlier to release
+5.2.0 or later, you must reboot after installing the new libraries.  If
+you compile your own library, *do not* "make install".  Instead, copy the
+new libc.so* to /lib, do "ldconfig -v", reboot, then do "make install" 
+
+A dirent bug, which erroneously defined d->reclen to d->namlen if USE_GNU
+was defined, has been fixed.  Unfortunately, some GNU packages depend on
+this bug.  GNU make 3.xx is one of them. GNU make 3.75 or above is
+fine. A patch is included here for 3.74 and below.
+
+A back door has been added for the file descriptor in DIR.  You need to
+define DIRENT_ILLEGAL_ACCESS to access the dd_fd field.  You should use
+dirfd () to get the the file descriptor in DIR.  Use this at your own
+risk. 
+
+A new dirent bug is fixed. The ELF nfsd should work fine. 
+
+<iostdio.h> and <iolibio.h> have been removed.
+
+PTHREAD NOTES:
+
+The MIT pthread library is not supported in libc 5.4.x. The new
+kernel-based pthread will be in libc 6.0.
+
+NYS NOTES:
+
+NYS binaries are not provided this time.  NYS 0.27.4 is included in the 
+source tree as a compile-time option.  Please consult README.nys and other 
+applicable NYS documents before attempting NYS installation. I disabled
+DBM for NYS. Some changes are needed to support non-builtin dbm. 
+
+INFORMATION/DOCUMENTATION:
+
+ELF related WWW pages:
+
+*	http://www.intac.com/~cully/elf.html
+*	http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/users/barlow/linux-gcc.html
+*	http://www.blackdown.org/elf/elf.html
+
+ELF documentation:
+
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/elf.ps.gz
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/elf.latex.tar.gz
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ELF.doc.tar.gz
+
+H.J.
+hjl@gnu.org
+02/07/98

libs/libc/libc-5.x/release.libc-5.4.46

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+Hi, Gals and Guys,
+
+The Linux C library 5.4.46 is a bug-fixing release for libc 5.4.44.
+There are no new features in this release. This is the last release of
+libc 5.4.xx. All my machines are now running RedHat 5.1 which is based
+on glibc 2, aka libc 6. Please check the glibc 2 web site for details.
+
+http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
+
+I really enjoyed working on the Linux C library with all the people 
+over the years. Without you, Linux cannot be what it is today. Thanks
+to your support, we did it. Now it is the time to move on to libc 6,
+aka glibc 2. I will be working on glibc 2 as a developer, but not as
+a maintainer, Ulrich has been doing a great job on maintaining glibc 2. 
+I will try to answer all the concerns over libc 5 vs. libc 6 as well
+as the bug issuses related to libc 6.
+
+Changes from libc 5.4.44:
+
+1. Security fixes.
+2. Malloc fix.
+
+The public release of the new Linux C library is 6.0, aka glibc 2.0.
+2 main features in glibc 2.0, are MT-safe and pthread support. With
+glibc 2.0, Linux will enter an era of SMP kernel support as well as
+the kernel-based pthread support. I have been running glibc 2.0 with
+gcc, binutils, bin86 and XFree86 3.3.1. Everything works great. As of
+glibc 2.0.6, glibc is usable for general public. People are encouraged
+to try it out and send in bug report. glibc 2.0 can be found at
+
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu
+
+and its mirror sites. It compiles right out of box for Linux and
+suppors more architectures in addition to x86 and m68k. There are
+new Linux packages which is based on glibc 2, aka libc 6. You
+can get more information from
+
+http://www.debian.org
+http://www.redhat.com
+
+Due to the new, improved locale, the Linux C library 5.4.46 is binary
+compatible with libc 5.3.12 but not vice versa. The binaries
+compiled/linked with libc.so.5.4.46 may not run with libc.so.5.3.12.
+You may need to regenerate locale files for the new locale in libc
+5.4.46 if you use locales other tha C/POSIX which are the defaults.
+
+Binaries of locale and localedef are included in the binary release.
+The locale sources are at
+
+ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection/locales
+
+But if you want to really use locale, you should use glibc 2, aka
+libc 6. There will be no new locale development in libc 5.
+
+There are many security bug fixes. Please consult ChangeLog for
+details. Please let me know if there are more security bugs remains.
+
+This is the public release of the Linux C library 5.4.46. Please read
+the ChangeLog for details regarding changes/bug fixes.
+
+DISTRIBUTION SITES:
+
+The primary FTP sites for the compiler/C library are:
+
+*     ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC
+*     ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC
+
+DISTRIBUTION FILES:
+
+1.	libc-5.4.46.bin.tar.gz
+
+REQUIRED. This package contains the header files for libc, shared and
+static ELF libraries libc and libm, and the static ELF library libbsd.a. 
+The header files in libc-5.4.46.bin.tar.gz are not complete. You need to
+install the kernel source tree for the system-dependent header files.
+
+The header files are in lib-x.y.z.bin.tar.gz and libc-x.y.z.tar.gz. You
+can do
+
+# gzip -dc lib-x.y.z.bin.tar.gz | tar xvvf - usr/include
+
+to extract the header files without the binaries files. A separate
+tar file for the header files may cause unnecessary confusion.
+
+2.	libc-5.4.46.tar.gz
+ 
+Source tree for libc and header files.
+
+3.	libc-5.4.44-5.4.46.diff.gz
+
+Context diffs against the source tree from the previous libc release.
+Please make sure the empty libc/regex/rx.h is deleted.
+
+MISSING LIBRARIES:
+
+The only libraries included in this package are the Linux C library, libc 
+and the math library, libm.
+
+ELF versions of libraries formerly included in the libc package can be 
+found at the following FTP sites:
+
+* gdbm		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/db/gdbm-1.7.3-ELF.tar.gz
+* db		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/db/db-1.85.2.bin.tar.gz
+* ncurses	ftp://ftp.tos.net/pub/linux/ncurses
+* termcap	ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC
+		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC
+
+Gertjan van Wingerde (gertjan@cs.vu.nl) maintains the ELF db package.
+
+Christopher Wiles (wileyc@moscow.com) maintains the ELF gdbm and
+curses.
+
+MacGyver <macgyver@tos.net> maintains the ELF ncurses.
+
+NOTE: I strongly suggest using ncurses to replace curses/termcap. The
+current ncurses supports ELF.
+
+SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
+
+* 	kernel 1.1.92 or above.  It may work with an older kernel if
+	the QMAGIC format is supported. If you use the kernel 1.3.x,
+	you should upgrade to 1.3.40 or above. Otherwise readv/writev
+	system calls won't work right.
+	To compile the MIT pthread kernel, I only builed it with
+	Linux kernel source code 1.99.10. You can comment out
+	pthreads in DIRS in libc/sysdeps/Makefile.
+*	gcc-2.7.2.3 or above and binutils-2.8.1.0.1 or above.
+*	ld.so-1.9.5 or above.  The latest version can be obtained from 
+	ftp://ftp.ods.com/pub/linux
+*	libg++ 2.7.2.8 or above.  This is only necessary for development 
+	using c++.
+
+BINARY INSTALLATION:
+
+Ensure that /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux are a symlinks to 
+their counterparts in the kernel source tree.  For example, if your kernel
+source resides within /usr/src/linux, execute: 
+
+ln -s -f /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/asm
+ln -s -f /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux
+
+As some programs need <linux/autoconf.h>, the following two commands may 
+be necessary to generate that header file:
+			  
+cd /usr/src/linux
+make config
+
+Verify that /var/run/utmp and /var/log/wtmp exist.  Replace all other 
+occurances of utmp and wtmp (/etc/utmp, for example) with symlinks.
+
+Assuming the libc binary tarfile is in /, and as root, execute:
+			       
+cd /
+rm -f /lib/libc.so /lib/libm.so
+rm -f /usr/lib/libc.so /usr/lib/libm.so
+rm -f /usr/include/iolibio.h /usr/include/iostdio.h 
+rm -f /usr/include/wcstr.h /usr/include/mbstr.h
+rm -f /usr/include/ld_so_config.h /usr/include/localeinfo.h
+rm -rf /usr/include/netinet /usr/include/net /usr/include/pthread
+gzip -dc libc-5.4.46.bin.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+
+SOURCE INSTALLATION:
+
+Unpack the libc source tarfile in your source directory.  Refer to the 
+README for compilation instructions.
+
+COMPATIBILITY NOTES:
+
+If your kernel uses system call numbers 135 to 146 for unintended
+purposes, this library may not work for you. One example is the kswap
+kernel patch for 1.2.x uses the same system call numbers for other
+uses. That breaks this library. Please compare/check <sys/syscall.h>,
+<asm/unistd.h> and <linux/unistd.h>. You have to make sure those
+system call numbers are consistent from libc to your kernel.
+
+There is no support for a.out libraries in this source tree.  The latest
+version of the a.out library suite is libc-4.7.5, which can be obtained
+from one of the ftp sites listed below. 
+
+The structure DIR, defined in sysdeps/linux/dirstream.h, was changed in
+release 5.2.0.  If you upgrade from release 5.1.4 or earlier to release
+5.2.0 or later, you must reboot after installing the new libraries.  If
+you compile your own library, *do not* "make install".  Instead, copy the
+new libc.so* to /lib, do "ldconfig -v", reboot, then do "make install" 
+
+A dirent bug, which erroneously defined d->reclen to d->namlen if USE_GNU
+was defined, has been fixed.  Unfortunately, some GNU packages depend on
+this bug.  GNU make 3.xx is one of them. GNU make 3.75 or above is
+fine. A patch is included here for 3.74 and below.
+
+A back door has been added for the file descriptor in DIR.  You need to
+define DIRENT_ILLEGAL_ACCESS to access the dd_fd field.  You should use
+dirfd () to get the the file descriptor in DIR.  Use this at your own
+risk. 
+
+A new dirent bug is fixed. The ELF nfsd should work fine. 
+
+<iostdio.h> and <iolibio.h> have been removed.
+
+PTHREAD NOTES:
+
+The MIT pthread library is not supported in libc 5.4.x. The new
+kernel-based pthread will be in libc 6.0.
+
+NYS NOTES:
+
+NYS binaries are not provided this time.  NYS 0.27.4 is included in the 
+source tree as a compile-time option.  Please consult README.nys and other 
+applicable NYS documents before attempting NYS installation. I disabled
+DBM for NYS. Some changes are needed to support non-builtin dbm. 
+
+INFORMATION/DOCUMENTATION:
+
+ELF related WWW pages:
+
+*	http://www.intac.com/~cully/elf.html
+*	http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/users/barlow/linux-gcc.html
+*	http://www.blackdown.org/elf/elf.html
+
+ELF documentation:
+
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/elf.ps.gz
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/elf.latex.tar.gz
+*	ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ELF.doc.tar.gz
+
+H.J.
+hjl@gnu.org
+07/19/98