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@@ -106,72 +106,74 @@ before asking questions on the mailing list...
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- <li> <b>9 August 2002, uClibc 0.9.13 Released</b>
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+ <li> <b>12 August 2002, uClibc 0.9.14 Released</b>
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- CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
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- uClibc 0.9.13. After several days of testing, this release is looking very
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- solid. This release fixes three security vulnerabilites in previous
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- releases. There was an off-by-one buffer overflow in the group handling
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- code, and integer overflows in calloc() and xdr_array().
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- <p>
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-
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- This release adds native shared library support for the Hitachi
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- SuperH architecture, thanks to Stefan Allius and Edie C. Dost. A
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- new mmap based malloc was implemented by Miles Bader. This is much
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- smarter than the old "malloc-simple" and is now the default for
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- mmu-less systems, where it should greatly help reduce memory
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- fragmentation and wastage. In addition to these larger items, there
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- has been a <em>lot</em> of work done to make uClibc a cleaner, more
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- capable, library. Most applications now compile and run without
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- any trouble.
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+ CodePoet Consulting is slightly less pleased then usual to announce the
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+ immediate availability of uClibc 0.9.14. This is, unfortunately, a bugfix
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+ release intended to fix the couple of dumb things that slipped into the
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+ previous release. Version 0.9.13 of uClibc would fail to compile when
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+ enabling both RPC and Pthreads. There was also a problem with RPC thread
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+ local storage (but noone noticed since it didn't compile ;-). Also, the
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+ thread locking in exit(), onexit() and atexit() was broken, and wasn't
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+ actually locking anything. This release also fixes uClibc's gcc wrapper
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+ to use crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o when compiling PIC code, fixing a subtle
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+ bug (that was much less subtle on powerpc). Finally, this release includes a
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+ few minor compile warning cleanups.
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The
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<a href="http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/Changelog">Changelog</a>
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- and <a href="http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.13.tar.bz2">source code</a>
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+ and <a href="http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.14.tar.bz2">source code</a>
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for this release are available <a href="http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/">here</a>.
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Have fun!
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+
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- <li> <b>9 August 2002, uClibc now mirrored on kernel.org!</b>
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+ <li> <b>12 August 2002, Native uClibc/gcc-3.1.1 toolchain released</b>
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<br>
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- uClibc is now available from the kernel.org mirrors! This should make
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- uClibc downloads much faster. The kernel.org mirrors will have all
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- uClibc release versions (everything but the daily snapshots).
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- Here is a list of all the <a href="http://kernel.org/mirrors/">kernel.org mirror sites</a>.
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- Just pick the closest mirror site, and then go to "/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/"
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- to download uClibc. For example, is you live the USA, you can go to
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- <a href="http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/">
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- http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/</a> to download the latest
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- uClibc release from a nice fast system.
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- <p>
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- <p>
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- <li> <b>11 July 2002, Native uClibc toolchains updated</b>
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- <br>
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- CodePoet Consulting (i.e. Erik) has released updated native
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- uClibc/gcc-3.1 and uClibc/gcc-2.95 toolchains. These toolchains
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- build real gcc cross compilers (i.e. not just a wrapper) and create
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- executables linked vs uClibc. These toolchains have been tested
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- and found working on x86, arm, and mmu-less arm. They should work
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- (at least in theory!) for all architectures supported by uClibc.
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+ CodePoet Consulting (i.e. Erik) has released an updated native
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+ uClibc/gcc-3.1.1 toolchain. This toolchain builds a real gcc cross
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+ compiler (i.e. not just a wrapper) and creates executables linked vs
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+ uClibc. This toolchain has been (briefly) tested as working on x86, arm,
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+ mips, and arm7tdmi (uClinux). This toolchain provides a number of
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+ improvements over previous releases. In particular, Steven J. Hill found
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+ and fixes a number of "glibc-isms" in the libstdc++ math support which
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+ caused a number of math functions to be mapped to the non-standard named
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+ under GNU libc. This release also includes greatly improved uClinux
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+ "elf2flt" support, and it now produces working flat binaries for my
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+ uClinux/arm7tdmi system. The native uClibc/gcc-2.95 toolchain will be
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+ updated in a few days, and will include STLport which will allow that
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+ toolchain to also provide full C++ support.
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<p>
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- These toolchains should make it easy to anyone to build uClibc based
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- applications. <a href="downloads/toolchain/">Source code can be downloaded here</a>.
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+ This toolchain should make it easy for anyone to build uClibc based
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+ applications. <a href="http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/toolchain/">
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+ Source code can be downloaded here</a>.
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Be aware that much of the needed source code will actually be downloaded on
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demand when you compile things. To build the toolchain, simply
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grab the source, edit the Makefile to select where you would like
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the toolchain installed, run 'make', and then go watch TV, eat
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dinner, or visit with your friends while it compiles. It takes
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- about 15 minutes for Erik to compile the gcc-3.1 toolchain (w/C++ support)
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+ about 15 minutes for Erik to compile the gcc-3.1.1 toolchain (w/C++ support)
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on his Athlon XP 1600 (not counting the time it takes to download
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source code). Your results may vary...
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<p>
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-
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+ <li> <b>9 August 2002, uClibc now mirrored on kernel.org!</b>
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+ <br>
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+ uClibc is now available from the kernel.org mirrors! This should make
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+ uClibc downloads much faster. The kernel.org mirrors will have all
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+ uClibc release versions (everything but the daily snapshots).
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+ Here is a list of all the <a href="http://kernel.org/mirrors/">kernel.org mirror sites</a>.
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+ Just pick the closest mirror site, and then go to "/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/"
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+ to download uClibc. For example, is you live the USA, you can go to
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+ <a href="http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/">
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+ http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/</a> to download the latest
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+ uClibc release from a nice fast system.
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+ <p>
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+ <p>
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<p> <li> <b>Old News</b>
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Eric Andersen