update NEWS derived file

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diff --git a/gcc/f/NEWS b/gcc/f/NEWS
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--- a/gcc/f/NEWS
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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ about previous `g77' versions up-to-date.
 the mainline, development version of `g77' within `egcs') is available
 at `http://egcs.cygnus.com/onlinedocs/g77_news.html'.
 
-   The following information was last updated on 1999-04-23:
+   The following information was last updated on 1999-04-25:
 
 In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
 =============================
@@ -77,16 +77,23 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
 
      For example, `INTEGER*8 J; J = 4E10' now works as documented.
 
-  2. Fix `g77' so it no longer crashes when compiling I/O statements
+  2. `g77' no longer generates bad code for an assignment to a
+     `COMPLEX' variable or array that partially overlaps one or more of
+     the sources of the same assignment (a very rare construction).  It
+     now assigns through a temporary, in cases where such partial
+     overlap is deemed possible.
+
+  3. Fix `g77' so it no longer crashes when compiling I/O statements
      using keywords that define `INTEGER' values, such as `IOSTAT=J',
      where J is other than default `INTEGER' (such as `INTEGER*2').
      Instead, it issues a diagnostic.
 
-  3. Fix `g77' so it properly handles `DATA A/RPT*VAL/', where RPT is
+  4. Fix `g77' so it properly handles `DATA A/RPT*VAL/', where RPT is
      not default `INTEGER', such as `INTEGER*2', instead of producing a
-     spurious diagnostic.
+     spurious diagnostic.  Also fix `DATA (A(I),I=1,N)', where `N' is
+     not default `INTEGER' to work instead of crashing `g77'.
 
-  4. The `-ax' option is now obeyed when compiling Fortran programs.
+  5. The `-ax' option is now obeyed when compiling Fortran programs.
      (It is passed to the `f771' driver.)
 
    * The new `-fsubscript-check' option causes `g77' to compile
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
      references to the implementations of these intrinsics using the
      `EXTERNAL' mechanism (which would avoid the new warnings).
 
-  5. `g77' now warns about a reference to a function when the
+  6. `g77' now warns about a reference to a function when the
      corresponding *subsequent* function program unit disagrees with
      the reference concerning the type of the function.
 
@@ -120,11 +127,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
    * The `-malign-double' option now reliably aligns *all*
      double-precision variables and arrays on Intel x86 targets.
 
-  6. Even without the `-malign-double' option, `g77' reliably aligns
+  7. Even without the `-malign-double' option, `g77' reliably aligns
      local double-precision variables that are not in `EQUIVALENCE'
      areas and not `SAVE''d.
 
-  7. A substantial portion of the `g77' front end's code-generation
+  8. A substantial portion of the `g77' front end's code-generation
      component was rewritten.  It now generates code using facilities
      more robustly supported by the `gcc' back end.  One effect of this
      rewrite is that some codes no longer produce a spurious "label LAB
@@ -132,11 +139,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
 
    * Support for the `-fugly' option has been removed.
 
-  8. Improve documentation and indexing, including information on Year
+  9. Improve documentation and indexing, including information on Year
      2000 (Y2K) compliance, and providing more information on internals
      of the front end.
 
-  9. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1999-03-17.
+ 10. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1999-03-17.
 
 In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1.2 (versus 0.5.23 and 1.1.1):
 =====================================================
@@ -178,14 +185,14 @@ In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1.1 (versus 0.5.23 and 1.1):
 In `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.24):
 ==============================
 
- 10. Fix `g77' crash compiling code containing the construct
+ 11. Fix `g77' crash compiling code containing the construct
      `CMPLX(0.)' or similar.
 
- 11. Fix `g77' crash (or apparently infinite run-time) when compiling
+ 12. Fix `g77' crash (or apparently infinite run-time) when compiling
      certain complicated expressions involving `COMPLEX' arithmetic
      (especially multiplication).
 
- 12. Fix a code-generation bug that afflicted Intel x86 targets when
+ 13. Fix a code-generation bug that afflicted Intel x86 targets when
      `-O2' was specified compiling, for example, an old version of the
      `DNRM2' routine.
 
@@ -201,25 +208,25 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.24):
 In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
 ====================================
 
- 13. Fix bugs in the `libU77' intrinsic `HostNm' that wrote one byte
+ 14. Fix bugs in the `libU77' intrinsic `HostNm' that wrote one byte
      beyond the end of its `CHARACTER' argument, and in the `libU77'
      intrinsics `GMTime' and `LTime' that overwrote their arguments.
 
- 14. Assumed arrays with negative bounds (such as `REAL A(-1:*)') no
+ 15. Assumed arrays with negative bounds (such as `REAL A(-1:*)') no
      longer elicit spurious diagnostics from `g77', even on systems
      with pointers having different sizes than integers.
 
      This bug is not known to have existed in any recent version of
      `gcc'.  It was introduced in an early release of `egcs'.
 
- 15. Valid combinations of `EXTERNAL', passing that external as a dummy
+ 16. Valid combinations of `EXTERNAL', passing that external as a dummy
      argument without explicitly giving it a type, and, in a subsequent
      program unit, referencing that external as an external function
      with a different type no longer crash `g77'.
 
- 16. `CASE DEFAULT' no longer crashes `g77'.
+ 17. `CASE DEFAULT' no longer crashes `g77'.
 
- 17. The `-Wunused' option no longer issues a spurious warning about
+ 18. The `-Wunused' option no longer issues a spurious warning about
      the "master" procedure generated by `g77' for procedures
      containing `ENTRY' statements.
 
@@ -244,25 +251,25 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
      `libf2c' environment, even when `libf2c' (now `libg2c') is a
      shared library.
 
- 18. `g77' no longer installs the `f77' command and `f77.1' man page in
+ 19. `g77' no longer installs the `f77' command and `f77.1' man page in
      the `/usr' or `/usr/local' heirarchy, even if the `f77-install-ok'
      file exists in the source or build directory.  See the
      installation documentation for more information.
 
- 19. `g77' no longer installs the `libf2c.a' library and `f2c.h'
+ 20. `g77' no longer installs the `libf2c.a' library and `f2c.h'
      include file in the `/usr' or `/usr/local' heirarchy, even if the
      `f2c-install-ok' or `f2c-exists-ok' files exist in the source or
      build directory.  See the installation documentation for more
      information.
 
- 20. The `libf2c.a' library produced by `g77' has been renamed to
+ 21. The `libf2c.a' library produced by `g77' has been renamed to
      `libg2c.a'.  It is installed only in the `gcc' "private" directory
      heirarchy, `gcc-lib'.  This allows system administrators and users
      to choose which version of the `libf2c' library from `netlib' they
      wish to use on a case-by-case basis.  See the installation
      documentation for more information.
 
- 21. The `f2c.h' include (header) file produced by `g77' has been
+ 22. The `f2c.h' include (header) file produced by `g77' has been
      renamed to `g2c.h'.  It is installed only in the `gcc' "private"
      directory heirarchy, `gcc-lib'.  This allows system administrators
      and users to choose which version of the include file from
@@ -274,11 +281,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
      than the one built and installed as part of the same `g77' version
      is picked up.
 
- 22. During the configuration and build process, `g77' creates
+ 23. During the configuration and build process, `g77' creates
      subdirectories it needs only as it needs them.  Other cleaning up
      of the configuration and build process has been performed as well.
 
- 23. `install-info' now used to update the directory of Info
+ 24. `install-info' now used to update the directory of Info
      documentation to contain an entry for `g77' (during installation).
 
    * Some diagnostics have been changed from warnings to errors, to
@@ -287,28 +294,28 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
      in the `OPEN', `INQUIRE', `READ', and `WRITE' statements, and
      about truncations of various sorts of constants.
 
- 24. Improve compilation of `FORMAT' expressions so that a null byte is
+ 25. Improve compilation of `FORMAT' expressions so that a null byte is
      appended to the last operand if it is a constant.  This provides a
      cleaner run-time diagnostic as provided by `libf2c' for statements
      like `PRINT '(I1', 42'.
 
- 25. Improve documentation and indexing.
+ 26. Improve documentation and indexing.
 
- 26. The upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18 should fix a variety of
+ 27. The upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18 should fix a variety of
      problems, including those involving some uses of the `T' format
      specifier, and perhaps some build (porting) problems as well.
 
 In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.23):
 =========================================
 
- 27. `g77' no longer produces incorrect code and initial values for
+ 28. `g77' no longer produces incorrect code and initial values for
      `EQUIVALENCE' and `COMMON' aggregates that, due to "unnatural"
      ordering of members vis-a-vis their types, require initial padding.
 
- 28. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code containing
+ 29. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code containing
      specification statements such as `INTEGER(KIND=7) PTR'.
 
- 29. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code such as `J = SIGNAL(1,
+ 30. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code such as `J = SIGNAL(1,
      2)'.
 
    * `g77' now treats `%LOC(EXPR)' and `LOC(EXPR)' as "ordinary"
@@ -339,9 +346,9 @@ In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.23):
    * The F90 `System_Clock' intrinsic allows the optional arguments
      (except for the `Count' argument) to be omitted.
 
- 30. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18.
+ 31. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18.
 
- 31. Improve documentation and indexing.
+ 32. Improve documentation and indexing.
 
 In previous versions:
 =====================