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diff --git a/gcc/f/gbe/README b/gcc/f/gbe/README index c30f5d7e6b8..4258a4cc496 100644 --- a/gcc/f/gbe/README +++ b/gcc/f/gbe/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -970909 +1997-12-23 This directory contains .diff files for various GNU CC distributions supported by this version of GNU Fortran. @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ supported by this version of GNU Fortran. The name of a file includes which gcc version to which it applies. For example, 2.7.2.3.diff is the patch file for gcc version 2.7.2.3. +To use this file, you must have a working version of `patch' +installed. For best results, ensure that the command +`patch --version' reports that it is GNU patch, version 2.5 +or higher. + To apply a .diff file to, say, gcc 2.7.2.3, one might use the following command (where the current directory contains the gcc source distribution after merging into it the g77 source distribution, which would be @@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ patch might work on gcc-2.7.3 or gcc-2.7.4 if these were released. On the other hand, it probably wouldn't work for a more major release like gcc-2.8.0 or gcc-3.0.0, and you shouldn't try it. If the .diff file is missing, don't bother -asking <fortran@gnu.ai.mit.edu> for it -- it is certainly +asking <fortran@gnu.org> for it -- it is certainly being worked on. In the meantime, watch our progress at -<ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/g77.plan> for information on support +<ftp://alpha.gnu.org/g77.plan> for information on support for the recent versions of gcc. |