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diff --git a/boehm-gc/doc/README b/boehm-gc/doc/README index 6ac37c6c8ce..29d954f023e 100644 --- a/boehm-gc/doc/README +++ b/boehm-gc/doc/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Copyright (c) 1988, 1989 Hans-J. Boehm, Alan J. Demers Copyright (c) 1991-1996 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Silicon Graphics. All rights reserved. -Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved. +Copyright (c) 1999-2003 by Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved. The file linux_threads.c is also Copyright (c) 1998 by Fergus Henderson. All rights reserved. @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Copyright (c) 1998 by Fergus Henderson. All rights reserved. The files Makefile.am, and configure.in are Copyright (c) 2001 by Red Hat Inc. All rights reserved. -The files config.guess and a few others are copyrighted by the Free -Software Foundation. +Several files supporting GNU-style builds are copyrighted by the Free +Software Foundation, and carry a different license from that given +below. THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. ANY USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. @@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ are GPL'ed, but with an exception that should cover all uses in the collector. (If you are concerned about such things, I recommend you look at the notice in config.guess or ltmain.sh.) -This is version 6.1alpha3 of a conservative garbage collector for C and C++. +This is version 6.3alpha1 of a conservative garbage collector for C and C++. You might find a more recent version of this at @@ -228,10 +229,12 @@ and several of those are compatible with the collector. or equivalent is supplied. Many of these have separate README.system files. - Dynamic libraries are completely supported only under SunOS + Dynamic libraries are completely supported only under SunOS/Solaris, (and even that support is not functional on the last Sun 3 release), -Linux, IRIX 5&6, HP-PA, Win32 (not Win32S) and OSF/1 on DEC AXP machines. -On other machines we recommend that you do one of the following: +Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, IRIX 5&6, HP/UX, Win32 (not Win32S) and OSF/1 +on DEC AXP machines plus perhaps a few others listed near the top +of dyn_load.c. On other machines we recommend that you do one of +the following: 1) Add dynamic library support (and send us the code). 2) Use static versions of the libraries. @@ -245,6 +248,8 @@ On other machines we recommend that you do one of the following: In all cases we assume that pointer alignment is consistent with that enforced by the standard C compilers. If you use a nonstandard compiler you may have to adjust the alignment parameters defined in gc_priv.h. +Note that this may also be an issue with packed records/structs, if those +enforce less alignment for pointers. A port to a machine that is not byte addressed, or does not use 32 bit or 64 bit addresses will require a major effort. A port to plain MSDOS |