Re: INSTALL should tell about particular systems

[Bruno Haible]

Eric Blake wrote:
> | Can we add some recommendations about it in the INSTALL file? ...
> 
> That seems like a reasonable idea to me.  You have copyright on file; care
> to submit an actual patch against doc/install.texi?

OK. I actually expected some discussions about the contents and wording :-)
If there are none, here is the proposed patch:


2008-04-12  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * doc/install.texi (Particular Systems): New section.

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  @address@hidden and @address@hidden to
  specify their locations.
  
+ @node Particular Systems
+ @section Particular Systems
+ 
+ On HP-UX, the default C compiler is not ANSI C compatible.  If GNU CC is
+ not installed, it is recommended to use the following options in order to
+ use an ANSI C compiler:
+ 
+ @example
+ ./configure CC="cc -Ae"
+ @end example
+ 
+ @noindent
+ and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX.
+ 
+ On OSF/1 a.k.a.@: Tru64, some versions of the default C compiler don't
+ grok its @code{<wchar.h>} header file.  The option @option{-nodtk} can be
+ used as a workaround.  If GNU CC is not installed, it is therefore
+ recommended to try
+ 
+ @example
+ ./configure CC="cc"
+ @end example
+ 
+ @noindent
+ and if that doesn't work, try
+ 
+ @example
+ ./configure CC="cc -nodtk"
+ @end example
+ 
  @node System Type
  @section Specifying the System Type