Hello.
As mentioned at the beginning of https://gcc.gnu.org/install/old.html:
"Note most of this information is out of date and superseded by the previous
chapters of this manual."
The installation page is deprecated for 20 years now.
Does it make sense to remove it?
Thanks,
Martin
gcc/ChangeLog:
* Makefile.in: Remove it.
* doc/include/fdl.texi: Update next/previous chapters.
* doc/install.texi: Likewise.
* doc/install-old.texi: Removed.
---
gcc/Makefile.in | 2 +-
gcc/doc/include/fdl.texi | 2 +-
gcc/doc/install-old.texi | 184 ---------------------------------------
gcc/doc/install.texi | 20 +----
4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 205 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 gcc/doc/install-old.texi
diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index 1b5d3f4696c..5fd6ac97117 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@ TEXI_GCCINT_FILES = gccint.texi gcc-common.texi
gcc-vers.texi \
loop.texi generic.texi gimple.texi plugins.texi optinfo.texi \
match-and-simplify.texi analyzer.texi ux.texi poly-int.texi
-TEXI_GCCINSTALL_FILES = install.texi install-old.texi fdl.texi \
+TEXI_GCCINSTALL_FILES = install.texi fdl.texi \
gcc-common.texi gcc-vers.texi
TEXI_CPPINT_FILES = cppinternals.texi gcc-common.texi gcc-vers.texi
diff --git a/gcc/doc/include/fdl.texi b/gcc/doc/include/fdl.texi
index 4e3457fe9c4..7fa222c5f32 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/include/fdl.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/include/fdl.texi
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
@ifset gfdlhtml
@ifnothtml
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@node GNU Free Documentation License, Concept Index, Old, Top
+@node GNU Free Documentation License, Concept Index, Specific, Top
@end ifnothtml
@html
<h1 align="center">Installing GCC: GNU Free Documentation License</h1>
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install-old.texi b/gcc/doc/install-old.texi
deleted file mode 100644
index b425971f944..00000000000
--- a/gcc/doc/install-old.texi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-@c Copyright (C) 1988-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-@c This is part of the GCC manual.
-@c For copying conditions, see the file install.texi.
-
-@ifnothtml
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@node Old, GNU Free Documentation License, Specific, Top
-@end ifnothtml
-@html
-<h1 align="center">Old installation documentation</h1>
-@end html
-@ifnothtml
-@chapter Old installation documentation
-@end ifnothtml
-
-Note most of this information is out of date and superseded by the
-previous chapters of this manual. It is provided for historical
-reference only, because of a lack of volunteers to merge it into the
-main manual.
-
-@ifnothtml
-@menu
-* Configurations:: Configurations Supported by GCC.
-@end menu
-@end ifnothtml
-
-Here is the procedure for installing GCC on a GNU or Unix system.
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-If you have chosen a configuration for GCC which requires other GNU
-tools (such as GAS or the GNU linker) instead of the standard system
-tools, install the required tools in the build directory under the names
-@file{as}, @file{ld} or whatever is appropriate.
-
-Alternatively, you can do subsequent compilation using a value of the
-@code{PATH} environment variable such that the necessary GNU tools come
-before the standard system tools.
-
-@item
-Specify the host, build and target machine configurations. You do this
-when you run the @file{configure} script.
-
-The @dfn{build} machine is the system which you are using, the
-@dfn{host} machine is the system where you want to run the resulting
-compiler (normally the build machine), and the @dfn{target} machine is
-the system for which you want the compiler to generate code.
-
-If you are building a compiler to produce code for the machine it runs
-on (a native compiler), you normally do not need to specify any operands
-to @file{configure}; it will try to guess the type of machine you are on
-and use that as the build, host and target machines. So you don't need
-to specify a configuration when building a native compiler unless
-@file{configure} cannot figure out what your configuration is or guesses
-wrong.
-
-In those cases, specify the build machine's @dfn{configuration name}
-with the @option{--host} option; the host and target will default to be
-the same as the host machine.
-
-Here is an example:
-
-@smallexample
-./configure --host=sparc-sun-sunos4.1
-@end smallexample
-
-A configuration name may be canonical or it may be more or less
-abbreviated.
-
-A canonical configuration name has three parts, separated by dashes.
-It looks like this: @samp{@var{cpu}-@var{company}-@var{system}}.
-(The three parts may themselves contain dashes; @file{configure}
-can figure out which dashes serve which purpose.) For example,
-@samp{m68k-sun-sunos4.1} specifies a Sun 3.
-
-You can also replace parts of the configuration by nicknames or aliases.
-For example, @samp{sun3} stands for @samp{m68k-sun}, so
-@samp{sun3-sunos4.1} is another way to specify a Sun 3.
-
-You can specify a version number after any of the system types, and some
-of the CPU types. In most cases, the version is irrelevant, and will be
-ignored. So you might as well specify the version if you know it.
-
-See @ref{Configurations}, for a list of supported configuration names and
-notes on many of the configurations. You should check the notes in that
-section before proceeding any further with the installation of GCC@.
-
-@end enumerate
-
-@ifnothtml
-@node Configurations, , , Old
-@section Configurations Supported by GCC
-@end ifnothtml
-@html
-<h2>@anchor{Configurations}Configurations Supported by GCC</h2>
-@end html
-@cindex configurations supported by GCC
-
-Here are the possible CPU types:
-
-@quotation
-@c gmicro, fx80, spur and tahoe omitted since they don't work.
-1750a, a29k, alpha, arm, avr, c@var{n}, clipper, dsp16xx, elxsi, fr30, h8300,
-hppa1.0, hppa1.1, i370, i386, i486, i586, i686, i786, i860, i960, ip2k, m32r,
-m68000, m68k, m88k, mcore, mips, mipsel, mips64, mips64el,
-mn10200, mn10300, ns32k, pdp11, powerpc, powerpcle, romp, rs6000, sh, sparc,
-sparclite, sparc64, v850, vax, we32k.
-@end quotation
-
-Here are the recognized company names. As you can see, customary
-abbreviations are used rather than the longer official names.
-
-@c What should be done about merlin, tek*, dolphin?
-@quotation
-acorn, alliant, altos, apollo, apple, att, bull,
-cbm, convergent, convex, crds, dec, dg, dolphin,
-elxsi, encore, harris, hitachi, hp, ibm, intergraph, isi,
-mips, motorola, ncr, next, ns, omron, plexus,
-sequent, sgi, sony, sun, tti, unicom, wrs.
-@end quotation
-
-The company name is meaningful only to disambiguate when the rest of
-the information supplied is insufficient. You can omit it, writing
-just @samp{@var{cpu}-@var{system}}, if it is not needed. For example,
-@samp{vax-ultrix4.2} is equivalent to @samp{vax-dec-ultrix4.2}.
-
-Here is a list of system types:
-
-@quotation
-386bsd, aix, acis, amigaos, aos, aout, aux, bosx, bsd, clix, coff, ctix, cxux,
-dgux, dynix, ebmon, ecoff, elf, esix, freebsd, hms, genix, gnu, linux,
-linux-gnu, hiux, hpux, iris, irix, isc, luna, lynxos, mach, minix, msdos, mvs,
-netbsd, newsos, nindy, ns, osf, osfrose, ptx, riscix, riscos, rtu, sco, sim,
-solaris, sunos, sym, sysv, udi, ultrix, unicos, uniplus, unos, vms, vsta,
-vxworks, winnt, xenix.
-@end quotation
-
-@noindent
-You can omit the system type; then @file{configure} guesses the
-operating system from the CPU and company.
-
-You can add a version number to the system type; this may or may not
-make a difference. For example, you can write @samp{bsd4.3} or
-@samp{bsd4.4} to distinguish versions of BSD@. In practice, the version
-number is most needed for @samp{sysv3} and @samp{sysv4}, which are often
-treated differently.
-
-@samp{linux-gnu} is the canonical name for the GNU/Linux target; however
-GCC will also accept @samp{linux}. The version of the kernel in use is
-not relevant on these systems. A suffix such as @samp{libc1} or @samp{aout}
-distinguishes major versions of the C library; all of the suffixed versions
-are obsolete.
-
-If you specify an impossible combination such as @samp{i860-dg-vms},
-then you may get an error message from @file{configure}, or it may
-ignore part of the information and do the best it can with the rest.
-@file{configure} always prints the canonical name for the alternative
-that it used. GCC does not support all possible alternatives.
-
-Often a particular model of machine has a name. Many machine names are
-recognized as aliases for CPU/company combinations. Thus, the machine
-name @samp{sun3}, mentioned above, is an alias for @samp{m68k-sun}.
-Sometimes we accept a company name as a machine name, when the name is
-popularly used for a particular machine. Here is a table of the known
-machine names:
-
-@quotation
-3300, 3b1, 3b@var{n}, 7300, altos3068, altos,
-apollo68, att-7300, balance,
-convex-c@var{n}, crds, decstation-3100,
-decstation, delta, encore,
-fx2800, gmicro, hp7@var{nn}, hp8@var{nn},
-hp9k2@var{nn}, hp9k3@var{nn}, hp9k7@var{nn},
-hp9k8@var{nn}, iris4d, iris, isi68,
-m3230, magnum, merlin, miniframe,
-mmax, news-3600, news800, news, next,
-pbd, pc532, pmax, powerpc, powerpcle, ps2, risc-news,
-rtpc, sun2, sun386i, sun386, sun3,
-sun4, symmetry, tower-32, tower.
-@end quotation
-
-@noindent
-Remember that a machine name specifies both the cpu type and the company
-name.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 261951848d4..f0591e06b3e 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
@ifset binarieshtml
@settitle Installing GCC: Binaries
@end ifset
-@ifset oldhtml
-@settitle Installing GCC: Old documentation
-@end ifset
@ifset gfdlhtml
@settitle Installing GCC: GNU Free Documentation License
@end ifset
@@ -62,7 +59,6 @@
@set testhtml
@set finalinstallhtml
@set binarieshtml
-@set oldhtml
@set gfdlhtml
@end ifnothtml
@@ -120,8 +116,6 @@ Free Documentation License}''.
* Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
* Binaries:: Where to get pre-compiled binaries.
-* Old:: Old installation documentation.
-
* GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
* Concept Index:: This index has two entries.
@end menu
@@ -3446,7 +3440,7 @@ links to GNU Fortran binaries for several platforms.
@c ***Specific****************************************************************
@ifnothtml
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
+@node Specific, GNU Free Documentation License, Binaries, Top
@end ifnothtml
@ifset specifichtml
@ifnothtml
@@ -5140,18 +5134,6 @@ automatically.
@end ifhtml
@end ifset
-@c ***Old documentation******************************************************
-@ifset oldhtml
-@include install-old.texi
-@html
-<hr />
-<p>
-@end html
-@ifhtml
-@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
-@end ifhtml
-@end ifset
-
@c ***GFDL********************************************************************
@ifset gfdlhtml
@include fdl.texi
--
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