GNU bug report logs - #9404
etc/MACHINES has obsolete information

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:04:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#9404: closed (Re: etc/MACHINES has obsolete information)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:00:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#9404: etc/MACHINES has obsolete information

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 9404-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: etc/MACHINES has obsolete information
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:56:32 -0700

Thanks for the bug report.

I took a stab at modernizing MACHINES in bzr 105614,
and I'm marking this done.

http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/trunk/revision/105614


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From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: etc/MACHINES has obsolete information
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:59:53 -0400

The most of the first few sections in etc/MACHINES have obsolete
information.

** Alpha (DEC) running GNU/Linux (alpha-dec-linux-gnu)
actually talks about using the DEC compiler which was running on OSF/1,
which is not supported anymore.

** HP 9000 series 700 
** IBM RS/6000 (rs6000-ibm-aix*)
** Iris 4D (mips-sgi-irix6.*)
** Sun 4 (sparc), Sun 386
talk about old releases and old compilers that are very likely not in
use anymore.
** Intel 386 (i386-*-freebsd,      i386-*-linux-gnu
Very old info.

Instead of carrying this old info for ancient stuff, just remove it and
have users report problems here.
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 322 days ago.

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