At first this was only triggered by Linux vs GNU/Linux, but then I
noticed GCC being lower-cased and the Red Hat Linux reference when
we actually do not support that old version of glibc anymore at all.
Committed to mainline.
Gerald
2011-10-30 Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com>
* prerequisites.xml: Refer to GCC (instead of gcc) and GNU/Linux.
Remove an obsolete reference to a Red Hat release we do not
support any longer.
Refer to Debian GNU/Linux.
Index: doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml (revision 180677)
+++ doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml (working copy)
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- If gcc 3.1.0 or later on is being used on linux, an attempt
+ If GCC 3.1.0 or later on is being used on GNU/Linux, an attempt
will be made to use "C" library functionality necessary for
- C++ named locale support. For gcc 4.6.0 and later, this
+ C++ named locale support. For GCC 4.6.0 and later, this
means that glibc 2.3 or later is required.
</para>
@@ -110,32 +110,12 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>install all locales</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>with RedHat Linux:
- </para>
- <para> <code> export LC_ALL=C </code>
- </para>
- <para> <code> rpm -e glibc-common --nodeps </code>
- </para>
- <para>
- <code> rpm -i --define "_install_langs all"
- glibc-common-2.2.5-34.i386.rpm
- </code>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Instructions for other operating systems solicited.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>install just the necessary locales</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>with Debian Linux:</para>
+ <para>with Debian GNU/Linux:</para>
<para> Add the above list, as shown, to the file
<code>/etc/locale.gen</code> </para>
<para> run <code>/usr/sbin/locale-gen</code> </para>
