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Re: glibc 2.1.3
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:47:04 +0100
From: Franz Fehringer <fehrin@enigma.cys.de>
> I've uploaded the 2.1.3 release of glibc to
>
> ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/glibc/releases
>
> There you can find the files
>
> glibc-2.1.3.tar.bz2 (also .gz)
> glibc-2.1.2-2.1.3.diff.gz
> glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.3.tar.gz
>
> There is no new crypt add-on since it hasn't changed.
>
Does this mean, that glibc-crypt-2.0.111 is current?
And if so, why not rename it to glibc-crypt-2.1?
No, glibc*-2.0.111 is old cruft that should be removed :-). Here are
the instructions for obtaining the latest glibc-crypt
(glibc-crypt-README from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/):
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-2.1.1.tar.gz' (or whatever the last version is). 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. You
can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/glibc [134.76.11.100], 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.
Note that by downloading the crypt code from sourceware (including
glibc-crypt-2.0.111.tar.gz) you would probably be violating US export
laws!
Mark