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glibc 2.1.94
- To: GNU libc testers <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>, VGER gcc list <linux-gcc at vger dot kernel dot org>
- Subject: glibc 2.1.94
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 18 Sep 2000 18:33:03 -0700
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Time for another test release. Quite a number of bug fixes went in
since the last test release but no severe problem popped up.
- several iconv modules and charmaps fixed; one of these changes
is responsible for a major part of the patch file size
- PPC and MIPS should be much happier after fixing some compatibility
problems
- program using AIO but not threads should work again
- more ISO C cleanliness of the headers
- some new functions to allow program *not* to look into the FILE
structure while still getting information which they couldn't get
with existing interfaces; these new interfaces come from Solaris
- some false alarms in the test suite are fixed
- a problem in malloc which prevented non-threaded applications in
some situations from allocating all available memory is fixed
- one compatibility problem with glibc 2.0 is fixed
- much better LC_COLLATE representation (on disk and in localedef)
- prepare all parts of the code for LFS (all functions internally use
internally now LFS versions of the functions)
- general non-x86 platform stabilization. All of the constantly tested
platforms should work just fine (leaving tools problems aside):
+ x86: no known problems
+ m68k: no known problems
+ Alpha: should work with a correct kernel (FPU stuff)
+ PPC: some people have patched versions of binutils and gcc and
report success; but they are just lucky; tools patches are
coming sometime soon
+ Arm: working except for one problem in the compiler (no ETA) and
you need a recent kernel
+ SPARC: should work, don't have recent reports
+ MIPS: should work, don't have recent reports
+ SH: should work, don't have recent reports
+ IA-64: possibly working; but special gcc + binutils + kernel are
required
+ S390: no idea
I also haven't heard much about Hurd lately but assume they would have
shouted if something broke.
At
ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/glibc/releases/
the files
glibc-2.1.94.tar.bz2 (also .gz)
glibc-2.1.93-2.1.94.diff.bz2 (also .gz)
glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.94.tar.bz2 (also .gz)
nss_db-2.1.92.tar.gz
are available for download. The last file contains the now separately
distributed nss_db module. You have to install this after glibc and
after a db library is made available.
For those who want checksums (MD5 in this case):
205168bde0bd4e9d809e7036ad404f90 glibc-2.1.94.tar.bz2
dde5c79bbba25cf1911585ee98c1c659 glibc-2.1.94.tar.gz
632621929f3f447f511910011e8a57b3 glibc-2.1.93-2.1.94.diff.bz2
3f4e79cf55e96477070bb09495b200dc glibc-2.1.93-2.1.94.diff.gz
a966f2601e5b4448acf454bd4f0892f4 glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.94.tar.bz2
eab2c33e664b6c8631743d1bd7f6130b glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.94.tar.gz
Please send feedback to libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com (and only
here!). Also reports about successful compilation attempts are
necessary.
I am still extremely disappointed about the participation. I got one
or two reports about a successful compilation and bug reports from
perhaps six people outside the developer group. This is not enough
evidence that things are working properly. I repeat this: you can
test glibc without installing it. Just compile and run `make check'.
The only thins you need is diskspace (about 350MB on x86, more on RISC
platforms), working tools (make, gcc, binutils), and either time or a
fast machine.
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