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authorPaolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>2006-02-22 13:36:31 +0000
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install.texi: Add notes on install.texi2html.
2006-02-22 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> * install.texi: Add notes on install.texi2html. (Building in parallel): Do not use footnotes. From-SVN: r111363
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diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9f49570..dc570fd 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-02-22 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
+
+ * install.texi: Add notes on install.texi2html.
+ (Building in parallel): Do not use footnotes.
+
2006-02-21 Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com>
PR libgomp/26234
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 0887840..9ac21ee 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@
@end ifset
@c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-@c 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c *** Converted to texinfo by Dean Wakerley, dean@wakerley.com
+@c IMPORTANT: whenever you modify this file, run `install.texi2html' to
+@c test the generation of HTML documents for the gcc.gnu.org web pages.
+@c
+@c Do not use @footnote{} in this file as it breaks install.texi2html!
+
@c Include everything if we're not making html
@ifnothtml
@set indexhtml
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@
@c Part 2 Summary Description and Copyright
@copying
Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@sp 1
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
@@ -1723,9 +1728,9 @@ compilation options. Check your target's definition of
@section Building in parallel
-You can use @samp{make -j 2}@footnote{Only supported by GNU Make 3.79
- and above, which is anyway necessary to build GCC.}, instead of @samp{make},
-to build GCC in parallel. You can also specify a bigger number, and
+GNU Make 3.79 and above, which is necessary to build GCC, support
+building in parallel. To activate this, you can use @samp{make -j 2}
+instead of @samp{make}. You can also specify a bigger number, and
in most cases using a value greater than the number of processors in
your machine will result in fewer and shorter I/O latency hits, thus
improving overall throughput; this is especially true for slow drives