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Re: egrep -i haifa INSTALL install.texi


On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Jeffrey A Law wrote:
>> ...in egcs-971127/gcc only produces matches in install.texi, not a single
>> one in INSTALL. 
> gcc/INSTALL is basically out of date and depreciated for egcs.

Well, but in that case it should be either completely removed or --
probably better -- contain a pointer to install.texi:

  "This file, which used to contain installation instructions for
   gcc/egcs, has been superseded by install.texi. Please check the
   information there."


IMHO, out of all possible scenarios, an out-of-date gcc/INSTALL is surely
the worst: Once having found INSTALL, most people won't look any further,
thus using obsolete resp. incomplete information.

Gerald
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Gerald Pfeifer (Jerry)      Vienna University of Technology
pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at   http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/~pfeifer/



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