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Re: 3.0.1 PATCH: Fixes for install.texi host/target section


On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Rainer Orth wrote:
> Tested with texi2dvi and makeinfo.  Ok for branch and mainline?

Yes, please.

> Wed Jul  4 19:59:12 2001  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
>
> 	* doc/install.texi (Specific): Markup, spelling and typo fixes.
> 	Fixed sorting.
> 	Consistently require binutils 2.11.2, not prereleases.
> 	(Specific, decstation-*): Canonicalize as mips-dec-*.
> 	(Specific, i?86-*-sco3.2v5*): Remove make bootstrap requirement,
> 	always necessary.
> 	(Specific, m68k-altos): Removed reference to README.altos, deleted.
> 	(Specific, mips-*): Reword MIPS C compiler requirements.
> 	(Specific, powerpc*-*-*): New, mention --with-cpu once.
> 	(Specific, sunv5): Removed, obsolete.

> +All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
> +platform.  We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or the vendor
> tools (Sun as, Sun ld).

@command{as} and @command{ld} here?

Thanks,
Gerald

PS: It would be a bit easier to review such patches if you could split
them a bit. In this case, you could have committed the "Fixed sorting"
part as an obvious fix first, for example.


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