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| author | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-05-23 12:48:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-05-23 12:48:01 +0000 |
| commit | 40e45bd5d696c63e6227214179e7e601b60c93e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d9f7dac4e8d94ba15a9e47372aa5a4a7c36b66f | |
| parent | be08eda54c7cf833ccfa4b8d1f1b1d668c26af66 (diff) | |
| download | glibc-40e45bd5d696c63e6227214179e7e601b60c93e3.tar.gz | |
Do not mention old Linux kernel versions in installation documentation.
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/install.texi | 9 |
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 15 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2012-05-23 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> + + * manual/install.texi (Running make install): Do not mention Linux + kernel version for which pt_chown is not needed. + (Linux): Do not mention problems with nscd with 2.0 kernels. + * INSTALL: Regenerated. + 2012-05-23 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/mman.h @@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ well. permissions on a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the calling process. This means programs like `xterm' and `screen' do not have to be setuid to get a pty. (There may be other reasons why they need -privileges.) If you are using a 2.1 or newer Linux kernel with the -`devptsfs' or `devfs' filesystems providing pty slaves, you don't need -this program; otherwise you do. The source for `pt_chown' is in +privileges.) If you are using a Linux kernel with the `devptsfs' or +`devfs' filesystems providing pty slaves, you don't need this program; +otherwise you do. The source for `pt_chown' is in `login/programs/pt_chown.c'. After installation you might want to configure the timezone and @@ -377,11 +377,6 @@ C Library with `--prefix=/usr'. If you set some other prefix or allow it to default to `/usr/local', then all the components are installed there. - You cannot use `nscd' with 2.0 kernels, due to bugs in the -kernel-side thread support. `nscd' happens to hit these bugs -particularly hard, but you might have problems with any threaded -program. - Reporting Bugs ============== diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 0abb57eb51..5aca058653 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ One auxiliary program, @file{/usr/libexec/pt_chown}, is installed setuid sets the permissions on a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the calling process. This means programs like @code{xterm} and @code{screen} do not have to be setuid to get a pty. (There may be -other reasons why they need privileges.) If you are using a 2.1 or -newer Linux kernel with the @code{devptsfs} or @code{devfs} filesystems +other reasons why they need privileges.) If you are using a +Linux kernel with the @code{devptsfs} or @code{devfs} filesystems providing pty slaves, you don't need this program; otherwise you do. The source for @file{pt_chown} is in @file{login/programs/pt_chown.c}. @@ -428,11 +428,6 @@ if you configure @theglibc{} with @samp{--prefix=/usr}. If you set some other prefix or allow it to default to @file{/usr/local}, then all the components are installed there. -You cannot use @code{nscd} with 2.0 kernels, due to bugs in the -kernel-side thread support. @code{nscd} happens to hit these bugs -particularly hard, but you might have problems with any threaded -program. - @node Reporting Bugs @appendixsec Reporting Bugs @cindex reporting bugs |