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Re: web page patch to clarify that we only provide sources
- To: pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com (Phil Edwards)
- Subject: Re: web page patch to clarify that we only provide sources
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 14:37:13 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: jbuck at synopsys dot com (Joe Buck), gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at
> > -<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.
>
> I recommend <strong> over <b>, for the twelve of us who occasionally
> use lynx. :-)
Fine with me.
> - Wish we had some icons of the 1920's-style pointing hands, surrounding
> that statement. Something more than just boldface, at least.
There's always <blink>.
(Duck and cover).
> - Wish an HTML page could call autoconf macros. Then when the viewer
> loads it, we could call AC_PROG_CC. If it comes back positive, we
> display the page. If it comes back negative, we only display your text
> in bold above.
That assumes the person wants a compiler for the machine s/he's running
the browser on, rather than some other machine.