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Re: DOC patch, clarify --enable-threads on HP-UX
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at mediaone dot net>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:15:59 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: DOC patch, clarify --enable-threads on HP-UX
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> Index: install.texi
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/doc/install.texi,v
> retrieving revision 1.86
> diff -u -r1.86 install.texi
> --- install.texi 2002/01/13 19:58:33 1.86
> +++ install.texi 2002/01/15 03:25:44
> @@ -2163,7 +2163,9 @@
> @heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
>
> GCC 3.0 supports HP-UX 11. You must use GNU binutils 2.11 or above on
> -this platform.
> +this platform. Thread support is currently commented out
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +of config.gcc so --enable-threads does not currently work on
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +this platform. See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-prs/2002-01/msg00551.html}.
Isn't this a bit too technical for the average "user" installing GCC?
How about omitting this sentence? Or something like the following:
Thread support is currently disabled on this platform, so
--enable-threads does not work. See...
If you agree with this, would you mind committing this (or a
similiar) update?
Gerald
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