@setfilename standards.info
@settitle GNU Coding Standards
@c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES!
-@set lastupdate 08 November 1994
+@set lastupdate 10 November 1994
@c %**end of header
@ifinfo
The @code{configure} script needs to be able to decode all plausible
alternatives for how to describe a machine. Thus, @samp{sun3-sunos4.1}
-would be a valid alias. So would @samp{sun3-bsd4.2}, since SunOS is
-basically @sc{BSD} and no other @sc{BSD} system is used on a Sun. For many
-programs, @samp{vax-dec-ultrix} would be an alias for
-@samp{vax-dec-bsd}, simply because the differences between Ultrix and
-@sc{BSD} are rarely noticeable, but a few programs might need to distinguish
-them.
+would be a valid alias. For many programs, @samp{vax-dec-ultrix} would
+be an alias for @samp{vax-dec-bsd}, simply because the differences
+between Ultrix and @sc{BSD} are rarely noticeable, but a few programs
+might need to distinguish them.
+@c Real 4.4BSD now runs on some Suns.
There is a shell script called @file{config.sub} that you can use
as a subroutine to validate system types and canonicalize aliases.
your program is set up to do this, your @code{configure} script can simply
ignore most of its arguments.
-
@node Source Language
@chapter Using Languages Other Than C
@setfilename standards.info
@settitle GNU Coding Standards
@c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES!
-@set lastupdate 08 November 1994
+@set lastupdate 10 November 1994
@c %**end of header
@ifinfo
The @code{configure} script needs to be able to decode all plausible
alternatives for how to describe a machine. Thus, @samp{sun3-sunos4.1}
-would be a valid alias. So would @samp{sun3-bsd4.2}, since SunOS is
-basically @sc{BSD} and no other @sc{BSD} system is used on a Sun. For many
-programs, @samp{vax-dec-ultrix} would be an alias for
-@samp{vax-dec-bsd}, simply because the differences between Ultrix and
-@sc{BSD} are rarely noticeable, but a few programs might need to distinguish
-them.
+would be a valid alias. For many programs, @samp{vax-dec-ultrix} would
+be an alias for @samp{vax-dec-bsd}, simply because the differences
+between Ultrix and @sc{BSD} are rarely noticeable, but a few programs
+might need to distinguish them.
+@c Real 4.4BSD now runs on some Suns.
There is a shell script called @file{config.sub} that you can use
as a subroutine to validate system types and canonicalize aliases.
your program is set up to do this, your @code{configure} script can simply
ignore most of its arguments.
-
@node Source Language
@chapter Using Languages Other Than C