update to gcc 2.8.1

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/INSTALL.TXT b/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/INSTALL.TXT
index edbdef6496f..172688e0df9 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
      what your configuration is or guesses wrong.
 
      In those cases, specify the build machine's "configuration name"
-     with the `--build' option; the host and target will default to be
-     the same as the build machine.  (If you are building a
+     with the `--host' option; the host and target will default to be
+     the same as the host machine.  (If you are building a
      cross-compiler, see *Note Cross-Compiler::.)
 
      Here is an example:
@@ -422,12 +422,12 @@ and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
      This copies the files `cc1', `cpp' and `libgcc.a' to files `cc1',
      `cpp' and `libgcc.a' in the directory
      `/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/TARGET/VERSION', which is where the
-     compiler driver program looks for them.  Here TARGET is the target
-     machine type specified when you ran `configure', and VERSION is
-     the version number of GNU CC.  This naming scheme permits various
-     versions and/or cross-compilers to coexist.  It also copies the
-     executables for compilers for other languages (e.g., `cc1plus' for
-     C++) to the same directory.
+     compiler driver program looks for them.  Here TARGET is the
+     canonicalized form of target machine type specified when you ran
+     `configure', and VERSION is the version number of GNU CC.  This
+     naming scheme permits various versions and/or cross-compilers to
+     coexist.  It also copies the executables for compilers for other
+     languages (e.g., `cc1plus' for C++) to the same directory.
 
      This also copies the driver program `xgcc' into
      `/usr/local/bin/gcc', so that it appears in typical execution
@@ -454,8 +454,13 @@ and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
      library.  All I/O functionality, special class libraries, etc., are
      provided by the C++ runtime library.
 
-     Here's one way to build and install a C++ runtime library for GNU
-     CC:
+     The standard C++ runtime library for GNU CC is called `libstdc++'.
+     An obsolescent library `libg++' may also be available, but it's
+     necessary only for older software that hasn't been converted yet;
+     if you don't know whether you need `libg++' then you probably don't
+     need it.
+
+     Here's one way to build and install `libstdc++' for GNU CC:
 
         * Build and install GNU CC, so that invoking `gcc' obtains the
           GNU CC that was just built.
@@ -731,9 +736,10 @@ special things you must know:
      AMD Am29050 used in a system running a variant of BSD Unix.
 
 `decstation-*'
-     DECstations can support three different personalities: Ultrix, DEC
-     OSF/1, and OSF/rose.  To configure GCC for these platforms use the
-     following configurations:
+     MIPS-based DECstations can support three different personalities:
+     Ultrix, DEC OSF/1, and OSF/rose.  (Alpha-based DECstation products
+     have a configuration name beginning with `alpha-dec'.)  To
+     configure GCC for these platforms use the following configurations:
 
     `decstation-ultrix'
           Ultrix configuration.
@@ -825,16 +831,12 @@ special things you must know:
      Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release family including 5.0.0,
      5.0.2, 5.0.4, Internet FastStart 1.0, and Internet FastStart 1.1.
 
-     GNU CC can generate ELF binaries (if you specify `-melf') or COFF
-     binaries (the default).  If you are going to build your compiler
-     in ELF mode (once you have bootstrapped the first stage compiler)
-     you *must* specify `-melf' as part of `CC', *not* `CFLAGS', for
-     example as `CC="stage1/xgcc -melf -Bstage1/" '.  If you do not do
-     this, the bootstrap will generate incorrect versions of `libgcc.a'.
+     GNU CC can generate either ELF or COFF binaries.   ELF is the
+     default.  To get COFF output, you must specify `-mcoff' on the
+     command line.
 
-     You must have TLS597 (from ftp.sco.com/TLS) installed for ELF
-     binaries to work correctly. Note that Open Server 5.0.2 *does*
-     need TLS597 installed.
+     For 5.0.0 and 5.0.2, you must install TLS597 from ftp.sco.com/TLS.
+     5.0.4 and later do not require this patch.
 
      *NOTE:* You must follow the instructions about invoking `make
      bootstrap' because the native OpenServer compiler builds a
@@ -943,7 +945,7 @@ special things you must know:
 `m68000-hp-bsd'
      HP 9000 series 200 running BSD.  Note that the C compiler that
      comes with this system cannot compile GNU CC; contact
-     `law@cs.utah.edu' to get binaries of GNU CC for bootstrapping.
+     `law@cygnus.com' to get binaries of GNU CC for bootstrapping.
 
 `m68k-altos'
      Altos 3068.  You must use the GNU assembler, linker and debugger.
@@ -1237,13 +1239,15 @@ special things you must know:
      xlc-1.2.1.8, xlc-1.3.0.0 (distributed with AIX 3.2.5), and
      xlc-1.3.0.19.  Both xlc-1.2.1.28 and xlc-1.3.0.24 (PTF 432238) are
      known to produce working versions of GNU CC, but most other recent
-     releases correctly bootstrap GNU CC.  Also, releases of AIX prior
-     to AIX 3.2.4 include a version of the IBM assembler which does not
-     accept debugging directives: assembler updates are available as
-     PTFs.  Also, if you are using AIX 3.2.5 or greater and the GNU
-     assembler, you must have a version modified after October 16th,
-     1995 in order for the GNU C compiler to build.  See the file
-     `README.RS6000' for more details on of these problems.
+     releases correctly bootstrap GNU CC.
+
+     Release 4.3.0 of AIX and ones prior to AIX 3.2.4 include a version
+     of the IBM assembler which does not accept debugging directives:
+     assembler updates are available as PTFs.  Also, if you are using
+     AIX 3.2.5 or greater and the GNU assembler, you must have a
+     version modified after October 16th, 1995 in order for the GNU C
+     compiler to build.  See the file `README.RS6000' for more details
+     on any of these problems.
 
      GNU CC does not yet support the 64-bit PowerPC instructions.
 
@@ -1734,8 +1738,13 @@ must specify a 68030 as the host when you configure it.
 Installing GNU CC on the Sun
 ============================
 
-   On Solaris (version 2.1), do not use the linker or other tools in
-`/usr/ucb' to build GNU CC.  Use `/usr/ccs/bin'.
+   On Solaris, do not use the linker or other tools in `/usr/ucb' to
+build GNU CC.  Use `/usr/ccs/bin'.
+
+   If the assembler reports `Error: misaligned data' when bootstrapping,
+you are probably using an obsolete version of the GNU assembler.
+Upgrade to the latest version of GNU `binutils', or use the Solaris
+assembler.
 
    Make sure the environment variable `FLOAT_OPTION' is not set when
 you compile `libgcc.a'.  If this option were set to `f68881' when