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Re: [3.3.1 Doc patch] Backport doco changes from Mainline
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Kelley Cook <KelleyCook at wideopenwest dot com>,gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk>,"Lisa M. Opus Goldstein" <opus at gnu dot org>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 03:07:05 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: [3.3.1 Doc patch] Backport doco changes from Mainline
- References: <3F1439EB.8000507@ford.com> <Pine.BSF.4.56.0307152257220.86408@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at><87adbftpz5.fsf@egil.codesourcery.com>
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> -FreeBSD 1 is no longer supported in GCC 3.2.
>> +FreeBSD 1 is no longer supported.
>>
>> It would be much better for this to read
>>
>> +FreeBSD 1 is no longer supported since GCC 3.2.
> I think it is confusing to say "in GCC 3.2" in the manual for a
> release of 3.3 or later, that is why I made the change. You're
> probably right that the threshold version should be preserved. May I
> suggest the wording
>
> FreeBSD 1 has not been supported since GCC 3.2.
>
> or maybe
>
> Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2.
> or removed
> or abandoned
Sure! "removed" and especially "abandoned" have a negative connotation to
me, so how about the following patch for mainline? (Not installed yet.)
Gerald
Index: install.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/doc/install.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.223
diff -u -3 -p -r1.223 install.texi
--- install.texi 26 Aug 2003 18:47:26 -0000 1.223
+++ install.texi 30 Aug 2003 01:03:03 -0000
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ The version of binutils installed in @fi
otherwise specified in any per-architecture notes. However, binutils
2.12.1 or greater is known to improve overall testsuite results.
-FreeBSD 1 is no longer supported.
+Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2.
For FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
<hr />
@end html
@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux*}hppa*-hp-hpux*
-HP-UX version 9 or older is no longer supported.
+Support for HP-UX version 9 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
We @emph{highly} recommend using gas/binutils 2.8 or newer on all hppa
platforms; you may encounter a variety of problems when using the HP
@@ -2646,7 +2646,7 @@ is required to build GCC. For GCC 3.3 an
<!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
@end html
@heading @anchor{*-ibm-aix*}*-ibm-aix*
-AIX version 3 or older is no longer supported.
+Support for AIX version 3 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
AIX Make frequently has problems with GCC makefiles. GNU Make 3.79.1 or
newer is recommended to build on this platform.