Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:48:04 -0500 From: Ray Kohler <rkohler1@cox.rr.com> To: "Mihail Stoyanov" <freemind@mail.bulgaria.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Troubles with installation of glibc 2.2.4 Message-ID: <0b43a5544161412FE7@mail7.mgfairfax.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <web-9980124@mail.ijs.com> References: <web-9980124@mail.ijs.com>
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On Sunday 20 January 2002 09:45 am, Mihail Stoyanov wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Mihail Stoyanov and I'm using FreeBSD as a > desktop OS. I like to keep my system up-to-date but I > encountered some difficulties while installing glibc 2.2.4. > My FreeBSD is version 4.4-RELEASE. When I tried to configure > glibc 2.2.4 I got the following message: > "freemind# ./configure > loading cache ./config.cache > checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsd4.4 > *** The GNU C library is currently not available for this > platform. > *** So far nobody cared to port it and if there is no > volunteer it > *** might never happen. So, if you have interest to see > glibc on > *** this platform visit > *** http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/porting.html > *** and join the group of porters" > > I would be very glad if you can help me install glibc (my > default version is 2.1.2). Thank you for your time and > consideration. FreeBSD doesn't use glibc at all. We have our own libc. The way to keep your system up to date is to use cvsup and make world; read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html to find out what I'm talking about. -- Ray Kohler A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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