On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Mark Mitchell wrote: > Joseph S. Myers wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, qunying wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have the impression that GCC 4.3.0 has updated to GPLv3. But > > > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.3.0/gcc/Copying.html still using > > > GPLv2. > > > Does it need to be updated? > > > > I pointed out <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-07/msg00609.html> that > > the manual should be updated and that GCC's gpl.texi is not a direct copy of > > the file from the FSF but has local Texinfo changes. > > In that message, you suggest that we need the local changes in order to > generate a gpl.7 manual page. But, why do we need such a manual page? What > would be the adverse consequences of just replacing our gpl.texi with the FSF > GPLv3 version?
The manual page is needed to follow the instructions from the FSF about how to handle invariant sections in the manual when a subset of the manual is made into a manpage <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-11/msg00311.html>. Even without invariant sections, such changes to fdl.texi would continue to be needed to include a copy of the GFDL in the manpages (though maybe the next GFDL revision, which is supposed to bring some form of Creative Commons compatibility, will remove the need for a copy in the set of manpages, in which case such changes wouldn't need bringing forward to a new fdl.texi version). -- Joseph S. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
