From fffd2770db9aa7aa0404d124d8ce4bf00f7f4c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Johnston Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:07:45 -0500 Subject: Bump release to 3.0.0 for yearly snapshot - major release required due to removal of K&R support --- newlib/README | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'newlib/README') diff --git a/newlib/README b/newlib/README index 8c97e24aa..e793d57ce 100644 --- a/newlib/README +++ b/newlib/README @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ - README for newlib-2.5.0 release + README for newlib-3.0.0 release (mostly cribbed from the README in the gdb-4.13 release) This is `newlib', a simple ANSI C library, math library, and collection of board support packages. +Prior to the 3.0.0 release, newlib supported both ANSI and K&R-style +compilers. As of 3.0.0, K&R is no longer supported. + The newlib and libgloss subdirectories are a collection of software from several sources, each with their own copyright and license. See the file COPYING.NEWLIB for details. The rest of the release tree is under either @@ -17,8 +20,8 @@ WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Unpacking and Installation -- quick overview ========================== -When you unpack the newlib-2.5.0.tar.gz file, you'll find a directory -called `newlib-2.5.0', which contains: +When you unpack the newlib-3.0.0.tar.gz file, you'll find a directory +called `newlib-3.0.0', which contains: COPYING config/ install-sh* mpw-configure COPYING.LIB config-ml.in libgloss/ mpw-install @@ -94,13 +97,13 @@ directory. If the path to `configure' would be the same as the argument to `--srcdir', you can leave out the `--srcdir' option; it will be assumed.) - For example, with version 2.5.0, you can build NEWLIB in a separate + For example, with version 3.0.0, you can build NEWLIB in a separate directory for a Sun 4 cross m68k-aout environment like this: - cd newlib-2.5.0 + cd newlib-3.0.0 mkdir ../newlib-m68k-aout cd ../newlib-m68k-aout - ../newlib-2.5.0/configure --host=sun4 --target=m68k-aout + ../newlib-3.0.0/configure --host=sun4 --target=m68k-aout make When `configure' builds a configuration using a remote source @@ -116,8 +119,8 @@ called `configure' (or one of its subdirectories). The `Makefile' that `configure' generates in each source directory also runs recursively. If you type `make' in a source directory such -as `newlib-2.5.0' (or in a separate configured directory configured with -`--srcdir=PATH/newlib-2.5.0'), you will build all the required libraries. +as `newlib-3.0.0' (or in a separate configured directory configured with +`--srcdir=PATH/newlib-3.0.0'), you will build all the required libraries. When you have multiple hosts or targets configured in separate directories, you can run `make' on them in parallel (for example, if @@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ Reporting Bugs The correct address for reporting bugs found in NEWLIB is "newlib@sourceware.org". Please email all bug reports to that -address. Please include the NEWLIB version number (e.g., newlib-2.5.0), +address. Please include the NEWLIB version number (e.g., newlib-3.0.0), and how you configured it (e.g., "sun4 host and m68k-aout target"). Since NEWLIB supports many different configurations, it is important that you be precise about this. -- cgit v1.2.3