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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-07-31 00:09:39 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-07-31 00:09:39 -0700
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downloademacs-f71e87cb5f8f1701ef6235ff3e60b9656858d6d0.tar.gz
Remove references to s/ and m/ files in etc/MACHINES
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@@ -10,19 +10,12 @@ Information about older releases, and platforms that are no longer
supported, has been removed. Consult older versions of this file if
you are interested in this information.
-The `configure' script uses the configuration name to decide which
-machine and operating system description files `src/config.h' should
-include. The machine description files are all in `src/m', and have
-names similar to, but not identical to, the machine names used in
-configuration names. The operating system files are all in `src/s',
-and are named similarly. See the `configure' script if you need to
-know which configuration names use which machine and operating system
-description files.
+The `configure' script uses the configuration name, and the results of
+testing the system, to decide which options to use in src/config.h and
+elsewhere (eg Makefiles).
If you add support for a new configuration, add a section to this
-file, and then edit the `configure' script to tell it which
-configuration name(s) should select your new machine description and
-system description files.
+file, and edit the `configure.ac' source as needed.
Some obsolete platforms are unsupported beginning with Emacs 23.1. See
the list at the end of this file.