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<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Glibc installation</title>
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<para>Before starting to install Glibc, you must <userinput>cd</userinput>
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into the <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;</filename> directory and unpack
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Glibc-linuxthreads in that directory, not in <filename>/usr/src</filename> as
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you would normally do.</para>
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<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its
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default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options).
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Therefore, if you have defined any environment variables that override
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default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend unsetting
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them when building Glibc.</para>
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<para>Basically, compiling Glibc in any other way than the book suggests
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is putting the stability of your system at risk.</para>
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<para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will
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complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.
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Fix this annoying little error with:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>mkdir /tools/etc
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touch /tools/etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>Also, Glibc has a subtle problem when compiled with GCC 3.3.1.
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Apply the following patch to fix this:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-2.3.2-sscanf-1.patch
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</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>The documentation that comes with Glibc recommends to build the package
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not in the source directory but in a separate, dedicated directory:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>mkdir ../glibc-build
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cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>Next, prepare Glibc to be compiled:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/tools \
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--disable-profile --enable-add-ons \
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--with-headers=/tools/include \
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--with-binutils=/tools/bin \
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--without-gd</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>The meaning of the new configure options:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-profile</userinput>: This disables the
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building of the libraries with profiling information. Omit this option if you
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plan to do profiling.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-add-ons</userinput>: This enables any
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add-ons that were installed with Glibc, in our case Linuxthreads.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><userinput>--with-binutils=/tools/bin</userinput> and
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<userinput>--with-headers=/tools/include</userinput>: Strictly speaking
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these switches are not required. But they ensure nothing can go wrong with
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regard to what kernel headers and Binutils programs get used during the
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Glibc build.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><userinput> --without-gd</userinput>: This switch ensures
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that we don't build the <userinput>memusagestat</userinput> program, which
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strangely enough insists on linking against the host's libraries (libgd,
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libpng, libz, and so forth).</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>During this stage you will see the following warning:</para>
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<blockquote><screen>configure: warning:
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*** These auxiliary programs are missing or too old: msgfmt
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*** some features will be disabled.
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*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</screen></blockquote>
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<para>The missing <filename>msgfmt</filename> program (from the Gettext
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package, which we'll install later) won't cause any problems. The
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<filename>msgfmt</filename> is used to generate the binary translation
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files that can make your system talk in a different language. Because these
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translation files have already been generated for you, there is no need for
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<filename>msgfmt</filename>. You'd only need the program if you change the
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translation source files (the <filename>*.po</filename> files in the
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<filename class="directory">po</filename> subdirectory), which
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would require you to regenerate the binary files.</para>
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<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>make
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make check
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make install</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>The locales (used by Glibc to make your Linux system respond in a
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different language) weren't installed when you ran the previous command,
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so we have to do that ourselves now:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>An alternative to running the previous command is to install only
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those locales which you need or want. This can be achieved by using the
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<userinput>localedef</userinput> command. Information on this can be
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found in the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the
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<filename>glibc-&glibc-version;</filename> tree.</para>
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</sect2>
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