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web page patch to clarify that we only provide sources
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Subject: web page patch to clarify that we only provide sources
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:20:13 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at
This is intended to help head off a FAQ:
Index: releases.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/releases.html,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.16 releases.html
--- releases.html 2001/06/01 14:58:44 1.16
+++ releases.html 2001/06/06 18:14:14
@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@
<h1 align="center">GCC Releases</h1>
<p>Apart from providing our <a href="cvs.html">sources by means of CVS</a>
-we also make releases available for FTP download.</p>
+we also make source code for our releases available for FTP download.</p>
<p>Please use our
<a href="ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/gcc/releases/index.html";>main
mirror site</a> or any of our other <a href="mirrors.html">mirrors</a>.</p>
-<p>If you are looking for pre-compiled binaries for various platforms, please
+<p><b>Important: because these are source releases, they will be
+of little use to you if you do not already have a C compiler on your
+machine.</b> If you don't already have a compiler, you need pre-compiled
+binaries.
+
+<p>To find pre-compiled binaries for various platforms, please
refer to our <a href="install/binaries.html">binaries page</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="timeline">Timeline</a></h2>