Changeset b90045c

Timestamp:

04/24/2006 10:58:12 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

b307885b

Parents:

8d2ba562

Message:

Updated the introductory text of the GCC-3 instructions to better explain its use, and to add a link to the Wiki pointing to a Fortran specific installation

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5925 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general/prog/gcc3.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/prog/gcc3.xml

@@ -34 +34 @@
     <title>Introduction to GCC-&gcc3-version;</title>
 
-    <para>The reason for installing
-    <application>GCC</application>-&gcc3-version; is that
-    some packages have not been updated to be compiled by
-    <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version;. Additionally,
-    some pre-compiled packages may require the
-    <application>GCC</application>-&gcc3-version; libraries at run-time.</para>
+    <para>There are several reasons why you may wish to install
+    <application>GCC</application>-&gcc3-version;. Some packages have not been
+    updated so they can be successfully compiled by
+    <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version; as
+    version 4.x.x of <application>GCC</application> is much stricter in
+    enforcing coding standards. Additionally, some pre-compiled packages may
+    require the <application>GCC</application>-&gcc3-version; libraries at
+    run-time. Another reason you may need to install
+    <application>GCC</application>-&gcc3-version; is to use the
+    <command>g77</command> Fortran 77 compiler provided by pre-4.x.x versions
+    of <application>GCC</application>. <application>GCC</application>-4.x.x
+    only includes <command>gfortran</command>, a Fortran 95 compatible compiler
+    that is not yet ready to be used in a production environment.</para>
+
+    <para>If all you need is a working <command>{f,g}77</command> Fortran 77
+    compiler, you may wish to use the one provided by
+    <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x. This is what the
+    <application>GCC</application> developers recommend. Instructions for
+    building the <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x Fortran compiler can be
+    found on the
+    <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gcc3">BLFS
+    Wiki</ulink>.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
 
 -->
+
     <listitem>
       <para>April 24th, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to qpopper-4.0.9.  Added standaone
-          instructions and a configuration file.  Added initialization
-          an script to the bootscripts and bootscripts Makefile.</para>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated the introductory text of the GCC-3
+          instructions to better explain its use, and to add a link to the
+          Wiki pointing to a Fortran specific installation.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to qpopper-4.0.9.  Added standalone
+          instructions and a configuration file.  Added an initialization
+          script to the bootscripts and bootscripts Makefile.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>