+2003-02-03 Phil Edwards <pme@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+ PR libstdc++/9527, PR libstdc++/8713
+ * docs/html/install.html: Mention glibc version requirement.
+ * docs/html/faq/index.html (3.8): New note, glibc 2.2.5+ is needed
+ with 3.2.1+ (formatting bugfixes).
+ * docs/html/faq/index.txt: Regenerate.
+
2003-02-03 Volker Reichelt <reichelt@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
PR libstdc++/9234
</p>
<hr />
- <h2><a name="3_7">Threading is broken on i386</a></h2>
+ <h2><a name="3_7">3.7 Threading is broken on i386</a></h2>
<p>Support for atomic integer operations is/was broken on i386
platforms. The assembly code accidentally used opcodes that are
only available on the i486 and later. So if you configured GCC
<p>This is fixed in 3.2.2.
</p>
+<hr />
+ <h2><a name="3_8">3.8 Recent GNU/Linux glibc required?</a></h2>
+ <p>For 3.2.1 (shared library version 5.0.1) and later, the library
+ uses localization and formatting code from the system C library
+ (glibc) version 2.2.5. That version of glibc is over a year old
+ and contains necessary bugfixes. Many GNU/Linux distros make
+ glibc version 2.3.x available now.
+ </p>
+ <p>The guideline is simple: the more recent the C++ library, the
+ more recent the C library.
+ </p>
+
<hr />
<h1><a name="4_0">4.0 Known Bugs and Non-Bugs</a></h1>
<em>Note that this section can get rapdily outdated -- such is the
solution.
_________________________________________________________________
-Threading is broken on i386
+3.7 Threading is broken on i386
Support for atomic integer operations is/was broken on i386 platforms.
The assembly code accidentally used opcodes that are only available on
will the problem appear.
This is fixed in 3.2.2.
+ _________________________________________________________________
+
+3.8 Recent GNU/Linux glibc required?
+
+ For 3.2.1 (shared library version 5.0.1) and later, the library uses
+ localization and formatting code from the system C library (glibc)
+ version 2.2.5. That version of glibc is over a year old and contains
+ necessary bugfixes. Many GNU/Linux distros make glibc version 2.3.x
+ available now.
+
+ The guideline is simple: the more recent the C++ library, the more
+ recent the C library.
_________________________________________________________________
4.0 Known Bugs and Non-Bugs
<dd>If gcc 3.1.0 or later on is being used on linux, an attempt
will be made to use "C" library functionality necessary for C++
- named locale support.
+ named locale support. For gcc 3.2.1 and later, this means that
+ glibc 2.2.5 or later is required.
<p>
The configure option --enable-clocale can be used force a