This includes folding in a reference to our lists overview as a link into some other text, removing a long obsolete reference to age-old versions of the patch command, and skippking details that are covered by the gcc_update script.
Pushed. Gerald --- htdocs/snapshots.html | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/htdocs/snapshots.html b/htdocs/snapshots.html index 80d61e27..6567a857 100644 --- a/htdocs/snapshots.html +++ b/htdocs/snapshots.html @@ -21,20 +21,15 @@ progress. Any given snapshot may generate incorrect code or even fail to build.</p> <p>If you plan on downloading and using snapshots, we highly recommend you -subscribe to the GCC mailing lists. See <a href="lists.html"> -mailing lists</a> on the main GCC page for instructions on how to subscribe.</p> +subscribe to the GCC <a href="lists.html">mailing lists</a>.</p> <p>When using the diff files to update from older snapshots to newer snapshots, make sure to use "-E" and "-p" arguments to patch so that empty files are -deleted and full pathnames are provided to patch. If your version of -patch does not support "-E", you'll need to get a newer version. Also note -that you may need autoconf, autoheader and various other programs if you use -diff files to update from one snapshot to the next.</p> +deleted and full pathnames are provided to patch.</p> <p><code>contrib/gcc_update</code> can be used to apply diffs between successive snapshot versions and preserve relations between generated -files so that autoconf et al aren't needed. This is documented in -comments in contrib/gcc_update.</p> +files so that autoconf et al aren't needed.</p> <p>The program <code>sha512sum</code> — which is included with the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/";>GNU Coreutils</a> -- 2.24.1
