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The FAQ needs to be updated also. Which other places mention the crypt addon? Ok, to commit? Andreas ============================================================ Index: README.template --- README.template 1999/07/27 01:53:15 1.32 +++ README.template 2000/07/01 10:16:28 @@ -48,28 +48,11 @@ in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>. -The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which -provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points. -Because of the United States export restriction on DES -implementations, we are distributing this code separately from the -rest of the C library. There is an extra distribution tar file just -for crypt; it is called `glibc-crypt-VERSION.tar.gz'. You can just -unpack the crypt distribution along with the rest of the C library and -build; you can also build the library without getting crypt. Users -outside the USA can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from -ftp.gwdg.de [134.76.11.100] in the directory pub/linux/glibc, or -another archive site outside the USA. Archive maintainers are -encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives outside the -USA. Please get it from ftp.gwdg.de; transferring this distribution -from ftp.gnu.org (or any other site in the USA) to a site outside the -USA is in violation of US export laws. - -Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be -used together with GNU libc. They are designed in a way to ease the -installation by integrating them in the libc source tree. Simply get the -add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure' -script to tell where the add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for -more details. +There are some add-ons which can be used together with GNU libc. They +are designed in a way to ease the installation by integrating them in +the libc source tree. Simply get the add-ons you need and use the +--enable-add-ons option of the `configure' script to tell where the +add-ons are found. Please read the FAQ file for more details. See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port the GNU C library. You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj@suse.de private aj@arthur.inka.de
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