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Adding + support for the default set of locales (169 UTF-8 locales and 144 locales + using other codesets) will enlarge uClibc by around 300k. Still, if you + need locale support, that is still much better than the roughly 30MB the + comparable set of locale date occupies with glibc. And you can of course + reduce the 300k by reducing the number of supported locales. + + <p> + + As usual, this release has many improvements, both large and small. At + this point, most applications that compile and work with glibc will also + compile and run with uClibc. Both Perl and Python pass all the tests in + their test suites (both with and without locale support enabled). We + invite you to grab a copy of the latest <a + href="http://ltp.sourceforge.net/"> Linux Test Project test suite</a> and + give uClibc some abuse. We are not yet perfect, but we are getting pretty + darn close. + + <p> + + This release is not binary compatible with earlier releases. Depending on + your configuration, you may actually still be binary compatible, but it + would be a good idea to recompile your applications when moving to the + uClibc 0.9.21 release. We are sorry about that, but we have never promised + to provide binary compatibility until we hit version 1.0. And even then, + if you change your uClibc configuration, you still still generally need to + recompile... + + <p> + + As usual, the + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a>, + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog.full">detailed changelog</a>, + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.21.tar.bz2">source code for this release</a> + are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + + <p> + + Updated uClibc development systems using uClibc 0.9.21 will be made + available within a few days. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>30 June 2003, uClibc 0.9.20 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.20. This is primarily a bug-fix release. This release remains + binary compatible with 0.9.18 and 0.9.19 (as long as you leave the + new UCLIBC_HAS_TM_EXTENSIONS option disabled), so you don't have to recompile + everything if you don't really feel like it. + <p> + + This release has many small improvements. At this point, most applications + that compile and work with glibc will also compile and run with uClibc. + Perl and Python even pass all the tests in their test suites. + <p> + + There is currently one notable exception. Applications that use dlopen() + to load libraries that themselves depend on other libraries, may have weak + symbols within those depended-upon libraries resolved incorrectly. This + problem is currently being worked on. Other than that, everything seems + to now be working as expected.... + + <p> + As usual, the + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a>, + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog.full">detailed changelog</a>, + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.20.tar.bz2">source code for this release</a> + are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>30 June 2003, dev systems updated to uClibc 0.9.20</b> + <br> + + The uClibc development systems for + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_i386.bz2">i386</a>, + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_powerpc.bz2">powerpc</a>, + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_arm.bz2">arm</a>, + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_mipsel.bz2">mips</a>, + have been updated to uClibc 0.9.20. Several problems have been fixed up, + gcc has been updated to version 3.3, and Perl 5.8.0 is now included. + <p> + + This is a 150 MB ext2 filesystem that runs natively on the specified + architecture. It contains all the development software you need to build + your own uClibc applications, including bash, coreutils, findutils, + diffutils, patch, sed, ed, flex, bison, file, gawk, tar, grep gdb, strace, + make, gcc, g++, autoconf, automake, ncurses, zlib, openssl, openssh perl, + and more. And of course, everything is dynamically linked against uClibc. By + using a uClibc only system, you can avoid all the painful + cross-configuration problems that have made using uClibc somewhat painful + in the past. If you want to quickly get started with testing or using + uClibc you should give these images a try. You can loop mount and then + chroot into them, you can boot into them using user-mode Linux, and you can + even 'dd' them to a spare partition and use resize2fs to make them fill the + drive. Whatever works for you. + + <p> If you would like to build your own custom uClibc system, you can + use <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot/">buildroot</a>, which is + how the uClibc development systems were created. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>6 March 2003, development system updates</b> + <br> + + The uClibc development systems for + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_i386.bz2">i386</a>, + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_powerpc.bz2">powerpc</a>, + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_arm.bz2">arm</a>, + and now for the first time + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_mipsel.bz2">mips</a>, + have been updated to uClibc 0.9.19. Several smaller problems + have also been fixed up. + <p> + + This is an ext2 filesystem that runs natively on the specified + architecture. It contains all the development software you need to build + your own uClibc applications, including bash, coreutils, findutils, + diffutils, patch, sed, ed, flex, bison, file, gawk, tar, grep gdb, strace, + make, gcc, g++, autoconf, automake, ncurses, zlib, openssl, openssh and + more. And of course, everything is dynamically linked against uClibc. By + using a uClibc only system, you can avoid all the painful + cross-configuration problems that have made using uClibc somewhat painful + in the past. If you want to quickly get started with testing or using + uClibc you should give these images a try. You can loop mount and + then chroot into them, you can boot into them using user-mode Linux, + you can even 'dd' them to a spare partition and use resize2fs to + make them fill the drive. Whatever works best for you. + <p> + + Have Fun. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>3 March 2003, uClibc 0.9.19 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.19. This is once again primarily a bug-fix release. Several + critical problems with system calls were fixed, the pthreads library was + improved, debugging of applications using uClibc's pthreads library is + now possible (requires gdb 5.3 or newer that is compiled using uClibc), + and a number of other random fixes are included. This release retains + binary compatibility with uClibc 0.9.18 (except for mips, which didn't + work properly with uClibc 0.9.18 anyways). Updated development system + images compiled with uClibc 0.9.19 will be released shortly. + + <p> + As usual, the + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> and <a + href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.19.tar.bz2">source code for this release</a> + are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + <p> + + + + + <p> + <li> <b>17 February 2003, development system updates</b> + <br> + + The uClibc development systems for + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_i386.bz2">i386</a> + and + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_powerpc.bz2">powerpc</a>, + and + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_arm.bz2">arm</a> + have been again updated. This time around a few broken symlinks + (one preventing C++ code from compiling) have been fixed, several + system calls related to uids and gid have been fixed, the powerpc + system call mechanism has been updated, and GNU tar and GNU grep + have been added. gcc, gcc+, ssh, etc are all still included and + things remain binary compatible with uClibc 0.9.18. + Have Fun. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>12 February 2003, development system updates</b> + <br> + + The uClibc development system has had a number of problems + fixed, and has been updated for uClibc 0.9.18. The + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_i386.bz2">i386</a> + and + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_powerpc.bz2">powerpc</a>, + and + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_arm.bz2">arm</a> + devel systems are updated and ready to download and use. + Have Fun. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>12 February 2003, uClibc 0.9.18 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.18. This is primarily a bug-fix release, as there were a few + directory handling problem that could cause application using uClibc 0.9.17 + to either segfault or lose the first character when reading directry names. + Unfortunately, once again, this release is _NOT_ binary compatible with + earlier uClibc releases. I _think this will be the last time (with the + possible exception of some future changes to our locale support...) + + <p> + As usual, the + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.18.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + You might want to download uClibc from the closest + <a href="http://kernel.org/mirrors/">kernel.org mirror site</a>. + Just pick the closest mirror site, and then go to + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/"> + http://www.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/</a> + to download uClibc, where XX is your two letter country code. + <p> + <p> + + <p> + <li> <b>25 January 2003, uClibc 0.9.17 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.17. The biggest piece of news with this release, thanks to + Manuel Novoa's continuing hard work, is that we now have fully standards + compliant locale support (optional of course). The support works nicely, + (though configuring the locales you wish to support is still manual -- a + task for the next release). Full locale data for over 300 locales adds + approximately 250k. The collation data for all supported locales is + roughly 180k. This may seem rather large to some -- but it is much smaller + than the approximately 40 MB needed by Glibc to provide the same data. And + if you don't need it, you can either disable locale support entirely, or + enable a smaller set of locales. + + <p> + + This release also fixes <em>lots and lots</em> of bugs. The arm + architecture support (I am embarrassed to note) was totally broken in the + last release, but is now working as expected. A security problem (a + buffer overflow in getlogin_r) was fixed. And there were architecture + updates across the board (x86, arm, powerpc, cris, h8300, sparc, and mips). + And of course, this release includes the usual pile of bug fixes. Many + thanks for the large number of patches and fixes that were contributed! + + <p> + + Unfortunately, this release is not binary compatible with earlier uClibc + releases. As noted as item 3 <a href="downloads/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt">here</a>, + uClibc does not (yet) attempt to + ensure binary compatibility across releases. We will eventually do that + (once we reach the "1.0" release) but not yet. A few bugs turned up that + needed to be fixed, and the only good way to fix them was to change some + fundamental data structure sizes. As a result, this release is _NOT_ + binary compatible with earlier releases -- you will need to recompile your + applications. The x86, arm, powerpc, and mips architectures (i.e. the + systems Erik has available in his office for testing) have been tested and + are known to work following this change. Other architectures <em>may</em> + need additional updates. Sorry about that, but it had to be done. + + <p> + As usual, the + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.17.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + You might want to download uClibc from the closest + <a href="http://kernel.org/mirrors/">kernel.org mirror site</a>. + Just pick the closest mirror site, and then go to + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/"> + http://www.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/</a> + to download uClibc, where XX is your two letter country code. + <p> + + <p> + <li> <b>25 January 2003, dev system updates, arm image released</b> + <br> + + A number of additional problems have been fixed and the arm build + is now, finally, compiling and working as expected. As such, + I have updated the <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_i386.bz2"> + i386 development system image</a>, the + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_powerpc.bz2"> + powerpc development system image</a>, and I am also releasing + upon an unsuspecting world the brand new + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_arm.bz2"> + arm development system image</a>! + Have fun! + <p> + + All three development system images were compiled and built using the stock + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot/">buildroot</a> system. These were also + built using the (about to be announced in a couple on minutes) uClibc + 0.9.17 release, so if you want to begin compiling and testing stuff with + uClibc, but you don't feel like spending the _hours_ it takes to download, + configure, and build your own uClibc based development system -- then you + may want to download these and give them a try. They each contain a 100 MB + ext2 filesystem with everything you need to begin compiling your own + applications. I have (at least minimally) tested each of them and verified + that the included gcc and g++ compilers produce working uClibc linked + executables. + + <p> + Oh, and I have also have updated the uClibc/gcc toolchain builders, so + if you just want a simple uClibc/gcc toolchain, + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/toolchain/">one of these should work for you.</a> + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>10 January 2003, dev system updates, powerpc image released</b> + <br> + + A few problems showed up in yesterday's development system release + (adduser was broken, gdb didn't work, libstdc++ shared libs were missing, + etc). So I've updated the <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_i386.bz2"> + i386 development system image</a> to fix these problems. + Also, the <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_powerpc.bz2"> + powerpc development system image</a> has finally finished compiling + and is now released upon an unsuspecting world. Have fun! + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>9 January 2003, uClibc development system released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting (i.e. Erik) has been working hard on <a + href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot/">buildroot</a> recently, and is pleased to + offer a full stand-alone uClibc-only development system. This is an ext2 + filesystem for i386 containing all the development software you need to + build your own uClibc applications. With bash, awk, make, gcc, g++, + autoconf, automake, ncurses, zlib, openssl, openssh, gdb, strace, valgrind, + busybox, GNU coreutils, and more, this should have pretty much everything + you need to get started building your own applications linked against + uClibc. By using a uClibc only system, you can avoid all the painful + cross-configuration problems that have made using uClibc somewhat painful + in the past. A powerpc and an arm version are in progress. Expect them + to be released shortly.... + + <p> + + The <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/root_fs_i386.bz2"> + uClibc development system is an 18MB bzip2 compressed ext2 filesystem</a>, + so be prepared to wait if you are on a slow link. If you wish to have more + space, you can loop mount it and 'cp -a' the contents to their own + partition, or do what I did... <EM>WARNING, the following can be very + dangerous. Please be sure you know what you are doing before trying this. + I am not responsible if you lose all your important data.</EM>I had a spare + hard drive (in my case /dev/hdg but you'll want to adapt this to your own + needs), so I partitioned it with a single ext2 partition filling the drive + (in my case /dev/hdg1). Then I ran:<PRE> + bzcat root_fs_i386.bz2 | dd of=/dev/hdg1 + e2fsck -f /dev/hdg1 + resize2fs -p /dev/hdg1</PRE> + + which overwrote everything on /dev/hdg with the new uClibc devel system, + and then expanded the filesystem with the uClibc devel system till it + filled the whole drive. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>8 November 2002, uClibc 0.9.16 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.16. This release adds full support (including a native shared + library loader) for the CRIS architecture, contributed by Tobias Anderberg. + Stefan Allius contributed a number of patches to fix the initialization + order for shared library global constructors and destructors as well as a + large number of SuperH fixes and cleanups. uClibc now compiles with + newer versions of gcc (i.e. RedHat 8.0). Thanks to Christian Michon, + uClibc no longer requires perl to compile. Steven J. Hill fixed dlopen for + mips. Several problems with pty and tty handling were fixed. Manuel Novoa + added new support for an /etc/TZ file to globally set the system timezone, + and fixed up a number of remaining wide char issues. Manuel is still hard + at work on bringing full locale support (optional of course) to uClibc. + And of course, this release includes the usual pile of bug fixes. Many thanks + for the large number of patches and fixes that were contributed! + <p> + + Erik and Manuel have been working on a + <a href="downloads/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt"> + document describing some of the differences between uClibc and glibc.</a> + It's not yet 100% complete, and it hasn't been nicely formatted yet. But + it contains a lot of helpful information and is worth a look. + <p> + + And finally, the the old uClibc configuration system has been completely + removed (and there was much rejoicing). It was replaced with an entirely + new system based on <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~zippel/lc/">LinuxKernelConf</a>, + which has since been included into Linux 2.5.45, so it looks like Erik made + the right choice. Of course, those who have existing build systems using uClibc + will need to make a few changes... We think the change is worth it. + <p> + As usual, the + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.16.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + You might want to download uClibc from the closest + <a href="http://kernel.org/mirrors/">kernel.org mirror site</a>. + Just pick the closest mirror site, and then go to + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/"> + http://www.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/</a> + to download uClibc, where XX is your two letter country code. + <p> + Updated gcc-3.2 and gcc-2.95 toolchains will be released shortly. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>16 September 2002, gcc-3.2 and gcc-2.95 toolchains released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting (i.e. Erik) has released updated gcc-3.2 and gcc-2.95 + uClibc toolchains. These toolchains build real gcc cross compilers (i.e. + not just a wrapper) and create executables linked vs uClibc. The new + gcc-3.2 provides uClibc support with the latest and greatest compiler + available from the gcc team. The gcc-2.95 toolchain has been updated to + the latest version of uClibc and now provides full C++ support, using the + <a href="http://www.stlport.org/">STLport</a> standard C++ library. + <p> + + This toolchain should make it easy for anyone to build uClibc based + applications. + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/toolchain/"> Source code can be downloaded here</a>. + Be aware that much of the needed source code will actually be downloaded on + when you compile the toolchains. To build a toolchain, simply + grab the source, edit the Makefile to select where you would like + the toolchain installed, run 'make', and then go watch TV, eat + dinner, or visit with your friends while it compiles. It takes + about 15 minutes for Erik to compile the gcc-3.2 toolchain (w/C++ support) + on his Athlon XP 1600 (not counting the time it takes to download + source code). + <p> + + + + <p> + <li> <b>27 August 2002, uClibc 0.9.15 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability + of uClibc 0.9.15. This release fixes a number of problems that turned + up since the last release. The good news is that uClibc now + passes all tests in the perl 5.8 and Python 2.2.1 test suites, both with + and without pthreads. So without any further ado.... + <p> + The + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.15.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + <p> + Have fun! + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>12 August 2002, uClibc 0.9.14 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is slightly less pleased then usual to announce the + immediate availability of uClibc 0.9.14. This is, unfortunately, a bugfix + release intended to fix the couple of dumb things that slipped into the + previous release. Version 0.9.13 of uClibc would fail to compile when + enabling both RPC and Pthreads. There was also a problem with RPC thread + local storage (but noone noticed since it didn't compile ;-). Also, the + thread locking in exit(), onexit() and atexit() was broken, and wasn't + actually locking anything. This release also fixes uClibc's gcc wrapper + to use crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o when compiling PIC code, fixing a subtle + bug (that was much less subtle on powerpc). Finally, this release includes a + few minor compile warning cleanups. + <p> + The + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.14.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + <p> + Have fun! + <p> + + + <li> <b>12 August 2002, Native uClibc/gcc-3.1.1 toolchain released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting (i.e. Erik) has released an updated native + uClibc/gcc-3.1.1 toolchain. This toolchain builds a real gcc cross + compiler (i.e. not just a wrapper) and creates executables linked vs + uClibc. This toolchain has been (briefly) tested as working on x86, arm, + mips, and arm7tdmi (uClinux). This toolchain provides a number of + improvements over previous releases. In particular, Steven J. Hill found + and fixes a number of "glibc-isms" in the libstdc++ math support which + caused a number of math functions to be mapped to the non-standard named + under GNU libc. This release also includes greatly improved uClinux + "elf2flt" support, and it now produces working flat binaries for my + uClinux/arm7tdmi system. The native uClibc/gcc-2.95 toolchain will be + updated in a few days, and will include STLport which will allow that + toolchain to also provide full C++ support. + <p> + + This toolchain should make it easy for anyone to build uClibc based + applications. + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/toolchain/">Source code can be downloaded here</a>. + Be aware that much of the needed source code will actually be downloaded on + demand when you compile things. To build the toolchain, simply + grab the source, edit the Makefile to select where you would like + the toolchain installed, run 'make', and then go watch TV, eat + dinner, or visit with your friends while it compiles. It takes + about 15 minutes for Erik to compile the gcc-3.1.1 toolchain (w/C++ support) + on his Athlon XP 1600 (not counting the time it takes to download + source code). Your results may vary... + <p> + + <li> <b>9 August 2002, uClibc now mirrored on kernel.org!</b> + <br> + uClibc is now available from the kernel.org mirrors! This should make + uClibc downloads much faster. The kernel.org mirrors will have all + uClibc release versions (everything but the daily snapshots). + Here is a list of all the <a href="http://kernel.org/mirrors/">kernel.org mirror sites</a>. + Just pick the closest mirror site, and then go to "/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/" + to download uClibc. + Just pick the closest mirror site, and then go to + <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/"> + http://www.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/uclibc/</a> to download the latest + uClibc release from a nice fast system. + <p> + <p> + + <p> + <li> <b>9 August 2002, uClibc 0.9.13 Released</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.13. After several days of testing, this release is looking very + solid. This release fixes three security vulnerabilites in previous + releases. There was an off-by-one buffer overflow in the group handling + code, and integer overflows in calloc() and xdr_array(). + <p> + + This release adds native shared library support for the Hitachi + SuperH architecture, thanks to Stefan Allius and Edie C. Dost. A + new mmap based malloc was implemented by Miles Bader. This is much + smarter than the old "malloc-simple" and is now the default for + mmu-less systems, where it should greatly help reduce memory + fragmentation and wastage. In addition to these larger items, there + has been a <em>lot</em> of work done to make uClibc a cleaner, more + capable, library. Most applications now compile and run without + any trouble. + <p> + The + <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-0.9.13.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/">here</a>. + <p> + Have fun! + <p> + + + <li> <b>11 July 2002, Native uClibc toolchains updated</b> + <br> + CodePoet Consulting (i.e. Erik) has released updated native + uClibc/gcc-3.1 and uClibc/gcc-2.95 toolchains. These toolchains + build real gcc cross compilers (i.e. not just a wrapper) and create + executables linked vs uClibc. These toolchains have been tested + and found working on x86, arm, and mmu-less arm. They should work + (at least in theory!) for all architectures supported by uClibc. + <p> + + These toolchains should make it easy to anyone to build uClibc based + applications. + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/toolchain/">Source code can be downloaded here</a>. + Be aware that much of the needed source code will actually be downloaded on + demand when you compile things. To build the toolchain, simply + grab the source, edit the Makefile to select where you would like + the toolchain installed, run 'make', and then go watch TV, eat + dinner, or visit with your friends while it compiles. It takes + about 15 minutes for Erik to compile the gcc-3.1 toolchain (w/C++ support) + on his Athlon XP 1600 (not counting the time it takes to download + source code). Your results may vary... + <p> + + + <P> + <li> <b>20 June 2002, uClibc 0.9.12 Released</b> + <br> + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.12. This release adds an i960 port, an initial alpha port, + fully working mips shared library support, shared library support fixes + for on powerpc, and many other improvements. One very exciting new feature + is nearly complete locale support, thanks to a lot of hard work by Manuel + Novoa III. uClibc's locale support is <em>much</em> smaller than glibc's, + though it is also slightly less flexible. This release was delayed by a + month due to the arrival of a new baby at Erik's house. For those that + have been anxiously waiting, this release should certainly be worth the + wait. Have fun! + <p> + The <a href="downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="downloads/uClibc-0.9.12.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="downloads/">here</a>. + + <li> <b>28 May 2002, Native uClibc/gcc-3.1 toolchain</b> + <br> + CodePoet Consulting has released source code and a Makefile to build a + gcc-3.1 toolchain that natively targets uClibc. Additionally, the + gcc-3.0.4 and gcc-2.95 toolchains have also been updated. These toolchains + make it easy to build uClibc based applications. + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/toolchain/">Source code can be downloaded here</a>. + and is now much smaller, + since much of the needed binutils and gcc source code is now downloaded on + demand. To build the toolchain, simply grab the source, edit the Makefile + to select where you would like the toolchain installed, and then run 'make' + and wait for it to compile. + + <p> + <p><li> <b>10 April 2002, uClibc 0.9.11 Released</b> + <br> + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of + uClibc 0.9.11. This release is primarily focused on fixing the issues that + have turned up since the last release. Several bugs in the gcc wrapper + have been fixed, allowing applications such as iproute2 and XFree86 to link properly. + Large file support has been improved, and a thread locking bug was + fixed that could cause s*printf calls to deadlock when threading was + enabled. Several bugs were also fixed with the powerpc, h8300, m68k, + sparc, and mips architecture support. Many additional applications now + compile and run perfectly and have been added to the <a + href="uClibc-apps.html">working applications list</a> . + <p> + The <a href="downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="downloads/uClibc-0.9.11.tar.bz2">source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="downloads/">here</a>. + + + + <p> + <li> <b>10 April 2002, Native uClibc/gcc-3.0.4 toolchain</b> + <br> + CodePoet Consulting has released source code and a Makefile + to build a gcc-3.0.4 toolchain that natively targets uClibc. + This brings with it full C++ support for uClibc, including the + libstdc++ library. A gcc-2.95.x toolchain will also be released + shortly, but is not yet ready. At this time, only source code and + a Makefile for the native uClibc toolchain is being released (i.e. + no binaries, sorry). + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/toolchain/">Source code can be downloaded here</a>. + <p> + To build the toolchain, simply grab the source, edit the Makefile + to select where you would like the toolchain installed. Then + run 'make' and wait for it to compile. If you do not have a copy + of uClibc already, it will download the latest daily snapshot. + + + <p> + <li> <b>21 March 2002, uClibc 0.9.10 Released!</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate + availability of uClibc 0.9.10. This release adds pthreads support + (including pthreads support for mmu-less systems!). Additionally, + thanks to Manuel Novoa III, we now have a completely new stdio + library, which is small, standards compliant, supports pthreads, + wide/narrow streams, large files, and can even operate in a + low-memory unbuffered mode. Many, many bugs have been fixed and a + number of additional applications now compile and run perfectly. + Even with all these changes, uClibc continues to be very small. + On x86, a default build of the uClibc C library is still just 168k. + + <p> + + To make things more interesting, the release also adds support for + C++ constructors and destructors. To make it easy to use uClibc + when developing C++ applications, this release also provides a + wrapper for the GNU C++ compiler. Of course, for more complex C++ + applications, such as those using iostreams, a standard C++ library + (libstdc++) is required. A native GNU toolchain (binutils/gcc) that + provides libstdc++ linked with uClibc 0.9.10 will be released in the + next couple of days, so stay tuned. + + <p> + The <a href="downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a href="downloads/uClibc-0.9.10.tar.bz2">Source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="downloads/">here</a>. + <p> + + + <p> + <li> <b>4 February 2002, uClibc 0.9.9 Released!</b> + <br> + + CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate + availability of uClibc 0.9.9. With this release, + <a href="uClibc-apps.html">just about + everything we have tested now compiles and runs</a>. In fact, + there are now so many programs on the working application list that + rather than continue to add to this list, from now on we + will only be adding applications to the <em>not working list</em>. Most applications + on the <em>not working list</em> either require pthreads, or require + wide-character support. Work on wide-character support is + well underway, and will hopefully be moving into CVS in the next week or + two. Full pthreads support and rentrancy are on the TODO list + and are expected to be complete in the next couple of months. + <p> + The <a href="downloads/Changelog">Changelog</a> + and <a + href="downloads/uClibc-0.9.9.tar.bz2">Source code</a> + for this release are available <a href="downloads/">here</a>. + <p> + One final bit on news -- as some of you may have noticed, uclibc.org + has been a bit overloaded and somewhat slow recently. The server should + be getting colocated tomorrow, which will eliminate the speed problem. + During the move, there may be some temporary disruption of service... + <p> + Have Fun! + + <p> + <li> <b>22 December 2001, uClibc 0.9.8 Released!</b> + <br> + + After many months of initial development, we are pleased to announce the + release of uClibc 0.9.8. This release should be quite solid, and is very + usable. This also, hopefully, marks a transition from a slow incubation + phase to a more methodical release cycle. From now one, there should be + approximately one release per month. + <p> + The source code for this release is available + <a href="downloads/">here</a>. + + + <p> + <li> <b>26 November 2001, powerpc shared libraries fully working</b> + <br> + Dave Schleef finished off the the work needed for shared library support on + powerpc. There had been a few problems remaining, and those are now squashed. + So shared libs on powerpc should be working fully now. + + <p> + <li> <b>14 November 2001, m68 compiles again, Large file support working</b> + <br> + About a month ago I synced the header files with glibc 2.2.4 for better + C++ support and better standards compliance. I forgot to sync up m68k, + sparc, powerpc, and mipsel. Dave Schleef fixed powerpc while he was fixing + up the shared lib loader. I just fixed up m68k, sparc, and mipsel so they + should all compile again. + <p> + I also finished up fixing large file support (just enable DOLFS in your + Config file to enable it) and it is working just great, and greatly increases + the number of glibc applications that will work "out-of-the-tarball" without + needing any changes. + + + <li> <b>12 November 2001, powerpc shared lib support</b> + <br> + Thanks to David Schleef, uClibc now has full shared library support + on powerpc. This brings full shared library support to x86, ARM, and + now powerpc. Thanks Dave! + + + <p> + <li> <b>7 November 2001, uClibc application list</b> + <br> + uClibc now has a <a href="uClibc-apps.html">list of applications</a> + that are known to work. If you have any applications to add to the + list, submissions are welcome! + + + <p> + <li> <b>18 October 2001, buildroot uClibc example system</b> + <br> + + Those wanting an easy way to test out uClibc and give it + a test drive can download and compile + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot/">buildroot</a>. + This is a nifty buildsystem that will automagically download and build + a <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a> + kernel, and will then download source for and compile up a fully + working uClibc based root filesystem. This should make it easy for + people to create their own projects. I hope that this build system + will allow people to more easily use and build uClibc based systems. + As an example of how nicely this works, the + <a href="http://tuxscreen.net/">Tuxscreen Project</a> is using a + <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/tuxscreen/buildroot-tux/">slightly adjusted variant of the buildroot system</a> to cross + compile the blob bootloader, linux kernel, and a uClibc based jffs2 + root filesystem (busybox, tinylogin, udhcp, lrzsz, pcmcia-cs and + microwindows) for ARM. Pretty cool. + + + + <p> + <li> <b>11 October 2001, v850 architecture support</b> + <br> + + Miles Bader has contributed support for the v850 architecture. + + + <p> + <li> <b>25 Spetember 2001, header files updated</b> + <br> + + uClibc's header files are now in sync with glibc 2.2.4, + allowing better standards compliance, better portibility, and + better C++ support. + + <p> + <li> <b>4 July 2001, ARM shared library support</b> + <br> + + uClibc now has full shared library support on ARM. + + + <p> + <li> <b>9 May 2001, libm added</b> + <br> + + uClibc now has a very complete math library. + + + <p> + <p> <li> <b>9 May 2001, ld.so added</b> + <br> + + uClibc now has a native ld.so. It currently is only ported to work on x86, + but porting to other architectures should not be too difficult. + + + <p> <li> <b>15 March 2001, powerpc port added</b> + <br> + + David Schleef contributed a powerpc port, which is now in CVS. + + <p> <li> <b>19 February 2001, SH port added</b> + <br> + + Jean-Yves Avenard contributed an SH port. See his email + with the initial patch <a href="/lists/uclibc/2001-February/000409.html">here</a>. + + <p> <li> <b>16 January 2001, uClibc as a shared library</b> + <br> + + As if January 16, uClibc can now be used (at least on x86) as a shared + library. See the <a href="/lists/uclibc/2001-January/000126.html">email</a> + announcing this achievement. + + <p> <li> <b>11 January 2001, gcc wrapper added</b> + <br> + + Manuel Novoa III has created a wrapper for gcc that makes compiling apps vs uClibc + as simple as just setting "CC" to gcc-uClibc-< arch>. This even works when cross + compiling! Very cool. + + <p> <li> <b>3 January 2001, uClibc now has a web page</b> + <br> + + A lot of work has been going on under the hood with uClibc, + so I decided to put together this webpage to let the world know + that it exists and is getting to be usable. + +</ul> + + +<!--#include file="footer.html" --> + |