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[wwwdocs] trim faq.html a bit


Some of the questions in the FAQ really aren't FAQs, or at least
haven't been for years.

Installed.

Gerald

Remove the "What is the relationship between GCC and EGCS?" and
"Is there a stringstream / sstream for GCC 2.95.2." non-FAQs.

Index: faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.202
diff -u -r1.202 faq.html
--- faq.html	21 Sep 2006 14:17:36 -0000	1.202
+++ faq.html	22 Oct 2006 12:14:29 -0000
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 <ol>
   <li><a href="#general">General information</a>
   <ol>
-     <li><a href="#gcc">What is the relationship between GCC and EGCS?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#open-development">What is an open development model?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#support">How do I get a bug fixed or a feature added?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#platforms">Does GCC work on my platform?</a></li>
@@ -53,11 +52,6 @@
     <li><a href="#multipletests">How can I run the test suite with multiple options?</a></li>
   </ol></li>
 
-  <li><a href="#old">Older versions of GCC</a>
-  <ol>
-    <li><a href="#2.95sstream">Is there a stringstream / sstream for GCC 2.95.2?</a></li> 
-  </ol></li>
-
   <li><a href="#misc">Miscellaneous</a>
   <ol>
     <li><a href="#friend">Friend Templates</a></li>
@@ -74,26 +68,6 @@
 <a name="general"></a>
 <h1>General information</h1>
 
-<h2><a name="gcc">What is the relationship between GCC and EGCS?</a></h2>
-
-<p>In 1990/1991 gcc version 1 had reached a point of stability.  For the
-targets it could support, it worked well.  It had limitations inherent in
-its design that would be difficult to resolve, so a major effort was made
-to resolve those limitations and gcc version 2 was the result.</p>
-
-<p>When we had gcc2 in a useful state, development efforts on gcc1 stopped
-and we all concentrated on making gcc2 better than gcc1 could ever be.  This
-is the kind of step forward we wanted to make with the EGCS project when it
-was formed in 1997.</p>
-
-<p>In April 1999 the Free Software Foundation officially halted
-development on the gcc2 compiler and appointed the EGCS project as the
-official GCC maintainers. The net result was a single project which
-carries forward GCC development under the ultimate control of the
-<a href="steering.html">GCC Steering Committee</a>.</p>
-
-
-<hr />
 <h2><a name="open-development">What is an open development model?</a></h2>
 
 <p>We are using a bazaar style
@@ -176,7 +150,6 @@
 </ul>
 
 <hr />
-
 <h2><a name="platforms">Does GCC work on my platform?</a></h2>
 
 <p>The host/target specific installation notes for GCC include information
@@ -415,15 +388,6 @@
 
 <p>This technique is particularly useful on multilibbed targets.</p>
 
-<hr />
-<a name="old"></a>
-<h1>Older versions of GCC and EGCS</h1>
-
-<h2><a name="2.95sstream">Is there a stringstream / sstream for GCC 2.95.2?</a></h2>
-
-<p>Yes, it's at: 
-<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2000-q2/msg00700/sstream";>
-  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2000-q2/msg00700/sstream</a>.</p>
 
 <hr />
 <a name="misc"></a>  


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