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Re: egcs-971201: Installation instructions nits


  In message <199712030346.AAA26775@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>you write:
  > INDEX:
  > "Then check the FAQ to see..." Which FAQ is this? Where can it be found?
The joys of trying to convert HTML into suitable plaintext....

  > Sounds strange to me... Perhaps better to say something like "Specify the
  > toplevel installation directory. This is the recommended way to install the
  > tools into a directory other than the default. The toplevel installation
  > directory defaults to /usr/local.  Note that on some systems (notably
  > Linux) the compiler would probably be installed into /usr, which has to be
  > specified here"
I've done something pretty close to this -- we don't want the Linux line, adn
we certainly don't want to ever advocate installing something into a "system"
directory.

  > * --enable-shared: Which libraries are built shared? BTW, this could be
  > misunderstood as enabling/disabling the building of shared libraries with
  > the resulting compiler.
Thanks.  I've specified the libraries this effects (just libstdc++)

  > * --enable-multilib: Again, which libraries are built as multilibs?
  > Again, might be misunderstood as enabling/disabling building other libs as
  > multilibs. 
Similarly, except that it effects all the target libraries.

  > FINALINSTALL:
  > This file mentions srcdirconfig.guess, which I simply can't find anywhere ;
:-)

Thanks for the feedback!
jeff


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