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|   1 This directory contains the sources of the GNU C Library. |  | 
|   2 See the file "version.h" for what release version you have. |  | 
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|   4 The GNU C Library is the standard system C library for all GNU systems, |  | 
|   5 and is an important part of what makes up a GNU system.  It provides the |  | 
|   6 system API for all programs written in C and C-compatible languages such |  | 
|   7 as C++ and Objective C; the runtime facilities of other programming |  | 
|   8 languages use the C library to access the underlying operating system. |  | 
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|  10 In GNU/Linux systems, the C library works with the Linux kernel to |  | 
|  11 implement the operating system behavior seen by user applications. |  | 
|  12 In GNU/Hurd systems, it works with a microkernel and Hurd servers. |  | 
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|  14 The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the |  | 
|  15 GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[4567]86-*-gnu.  The current |  | 
|  16 GNU/Hurd support requires out-of-tree patches that will eventually be |  | 
|  17 incorporated into an official GNU C Library release. |  | 
|  18  |  | 
|  19 When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C Library |  | 
|  20 requires Linux kernel version 3.2 or later on all architectures except |  | 
|  21 i[4567]86 and x86_64, where Linux kernel version 2.6.32 or later |  | 
|  22 suffices. |  | 
|  23  |  | 
|  24 Also note that the shared version of the libgcc_s library must be |  | 
|  25 installed for the pthread library to work correctly. |  | 
|  26  |  | 
|  27 The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels: |  | 
|  28  |  | 
|  29         aarch64*-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  30         alpha*-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  31         arm-*-linux-gnueabi |  | 
|  32         hppa-*-linux-gnu        Not currently functional without patches. |  | 
|  33         i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  34         x86_64-*-linux-gnu      Can build either x86_64 or x32 |  | 
|  35         ia64-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  36         m68k-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  37         microblaze*-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  38         mips-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  39         mips64-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  40         powerpc-*-linux-gnu     Hardware or software floating point, BE only. |  | 
|  41         powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu  Big-endian and little-endian. |  | 
|  42         s390-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  43         s390x-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  44         sh[34]-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  45         sparc*-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  46         sparc64*-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  47         tilegx-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  48         tilepro-*-linux-gnu |  | 
|  49  |  | 
|  50 If you are interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc |  | 
|  51 maintainers; see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more |  | 
|  52 information. |  | 
|  53  |  | 
|  54 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, and install |  | 
|  55 the GNU C Library.  You might also consider reading the WWW pages for |  | 
|  56 the C library at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/. |  | 
|  57  |  | 
|  58 The GNU C Library is (almost) completely documented by the Texinfo manual |  | 
|  59 found in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated |  | 
|  60 and contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not |  | 
|  61 have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.  For |  | 
|  62 corrections to the manual, please file a bug in the `manual' component, |  | 
|  63 following the bug-reporting instructions below.  Please be sure to check |  | 
|  64 the manual in the current development sources to see if your problem has |  | 
|  65 already been corrected. |  | 
|  66  |  | 
|  67 Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html for bug reporting |  | 
|  68 information.  We are now using the Bugzilla system to track all bug reports. |  | 
|  69 This web page gives detailed information on how to report bugs properly. |  | 
|  70  |  | 
|  71 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying |  | 
|  72 conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require |  | 
|  73 these additional notices to be distributed.  License copyright years may be |  | 
|  74 listed using range notation, e.g., 1996-2015, indicating that every year in |  | 
|  75 the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that would otherwise be listed |  | 
|  76 individually. |  | 
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