patch trunk: seek plugin also in a language specific directory when given a short name

[Basile Starynkevitch]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 09:14:20 +0100
Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote some comment about my 
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-06/msg00357.html patch:



> I found this hard to read, particularly "using if needed a front-end
> specific subdirectory."
> 
> Maybe "is loaded from the plugin directory, or one of the front-end
> specific subdirectories, so ..."
> 
> +This permits some plugins to be available only to some front-ends.
> 
> How about "This means some plugins are only available to some
> front-ends" instead?

> "Seeked" is not English, the correct word would be "sought" but
> "searched for" would also be OK.

Thanks for your corrections. Here is an improved patch to trunk 174734.
I corrected the spelling errors you nicely spotted and improved a little
documentation phrasing. I also slightly improved the code itself, by
informing the user with more details when a short-named plugin can't be
loaded.

############## gcc/ChangeLog entries ##################
2011-06-07  Basile Starynkevitch  <basile@starynkevitch.net>

	* doc/plugins.texi (Loading plugins): Plugins are also 
	sought in a front-end specific subdirectory.
	(Plugin callbacks): lto1 plugins can't register pragma handlers.

	* plugin.c: Update copyright year.
	(PLUGIN_FILE_SUFFIX): New constant macro.
	(add_new_plugin): Also search short plugins also in a front-end 
	specific sub-directory.
############## gcc/ChangeLog entries ##################

Ok for trunk?
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