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| author | Bruce Korb <korbb@gcc.gnu.org> | 2001-01-02 00:27:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Korb <korbb@gcc.gnu.org> | 2001-01-02 00:27:20 +0000 |
| commit | c76fbbe2478fa107c82921cd542086287c8906ed (patch) | |
| tree | 0bd2488166ab5bd4c902d96f7e8299f363c0474b /gcc/fixinc | |
| parent | fb34ebc50595037b349b190b08d632d820adca6b (diff) | |
| download | gcc-c76fbbe2478fa107c82921cd542086287c8906ed.tar.gz | |
update the README for fixinc
From-SVN: r38600
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc/fixinc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/fixinc/README | 21 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/fixinc/README b/gcc/fixinc/README index 89c46ab522c..69e3b1fd718 100644 --- a/gcc/fixinc/README +++ b/gcc/fixinc/README @@ -2,26 +2,25 @@ FIXINCLUDES OPERATION ===================== -See also: http://autogen.linuxbox.com/fixincludes +See also: http://autogen.SourceForge.net/fixincludes The set of fixes required was distilled down to just the data required to specify what needed to happen for each fix. Those data were edited into a file named gcc/fixinc/inclhack.def. A program called -AutoGen (http://autogen.linuxbox.com) uses these definitions to -instantiate several different templates (gcc/fixinc/*.tpl) that then +AutoGen (http://autogen.SourceForge.net, ver 4.x) uses these definitions +to instantiate several different templates (gcc/fixinc/*.tpl) that then produces a fixincludes replacement shell script (inclhack.sh), a -replacement binary program (fixincl.x) and a script to drive the -binary fixincl.sh). +replacement binary program (fixincl.x). If there is no special purpose script, then mkfixinc.sh will try to -compile, link and test execute the binary version. If it cannot be -successfully built, the shell version will be used instead. If -mkfixinc.sh determines that your system needs machine-specific fixes -that have not yet been applied to inclhack.def, it will install and -use the current fixinc.* for that system instead. +compile, link and execute the fixincl program. Otherwise, it will +install and use the current fixinc.* for that system instead. +Also, on certain platforms (viz. those that do not have functional +bidirectional pipes), the fixincl program is split into two. +This should only concern you on DOS and BeOS. Regards, - Bruce <autogen@linuxbox.com> + Bruce <bkorb@gnu.org> |