gfortran manual patch

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Thu, 13 May 2004, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> gfortran should not have its own version number; other parts of the
> compiler use the common GCC one; g77 got rid of its own version number
> long ago.  The version number (with a different value) is defined also as
> GFC_VERSION in gfortran.h, though I don't see this used for anything.
>
> Contrary to the claim in the manual, it does not document how to report
> bugs; nor should it as that is documented in bugs.html.
>
> The whole "Compiling and Testing" chapter should go away; binaries have a
> place to document them in install.texi, as do prerequisites such as GMP.

I suggest you file one or more Bugzillas, so that we won't forget (unless
someone is quickly stepping forward to address these issues).

Gerald
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