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-rw-r--r--INSTALL11
-rw-r--r--README4
-rw-r--r--README.template2
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 276750a833..720c5408e1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ below.
Configuring and compiling GNU Libc
==================================
- GNU Libc cannot be compiled in the source directory. You must
-create a separate directory for the object files. This directory
-should be outside the source tree. For example, if you have unpacked
+ GNU Libc can be compiled in the source directory but we'd advise to
+build in a separate build directory. For example, if you have unpacked
the glibc sources in `/src/gnu/glibc-2.1.0', create a directory
`/src/gnu/glibc-build' to put the object files in.
@@ -226,9 +225,9 @@ file to coexist with new programs. For more information see the files
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 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 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
`login/programs/pt_chown.c'.
Recommended Tools for Compilation
diff --git a/README b/README
index 03e0a783b4..cf3fae534a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory contains the version 2.0.112 test release of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the version 2.1 release of the GNU C Library.
Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
Some bugs surely remain.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ 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-2.0.112.tar.gz'. You can just unpack the crypt
+called `glibc-crypt-2.1.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.ifi.uio.no
diff --git a/README.template b/README.template
index e9049b8045..8ad40ffffc 100644
--- a/README.template
+++ b/README.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory contains the version VERSION test release of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the version VERSION release of the GNU C Library.
Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
Some bugs surely remain.