From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:26:30 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Add section to INSTALL about particular systems.
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Add section to INSTALL about particular systems.

* doc/install.texi (Particular systems): New node.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Adjust menus.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a892f917..f15cbf70d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-20  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	Add section to INSTALL about particular systems.
+	* doc/install.texi (Particular systems): New node.
+	* doc/autoconf.texi: Adjust menus.
+
 2008-08-19  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 	and Peter O'Gorman  <peter@pogma.com>
 
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 739bd4759..865f25bba 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ Running @command{configure} Scripts
 * Multiple Architectures::      Compiling for multiple architectures at once
 * Installation Names::          Installing in different directories
 * Optional Features::           Selecting optional features
+* Particular Systems::          Particular systems
 * System Type::                 Specifying the system type
 * Sharing Defaults::            Setting site-wide defaults for @command{configure}
 * Defining Variables::          Specifying the compiler etc.
@@ -18518,6 +18519,7 @@ may use comes with Autoconf.
 * Multiple Architectures::      Compiling for multiple architectures at once
 * Installation Names::          Installing in different directories
 * Optional Features::           Selecting optional features
+* Particular Systems::          Particular systems
 * System Type::                 Specifying the system type
 * Sharing Defaults::            Setting site-wide defaults for @command{configure}
 * Defining Variables::          Specifying the compiler etc.
diff --git a/doc/install.texi b/doc/install.texi
index 362be5941..070291cf4 100644
--- a/doc/install.texi
+++ b/doc/install.texi
@@ -179,6 +179,36 @@ doesn't, you can use the @command{configure} options
 @option{--x-includes=@var{dir}} and @option{--x-libraries=@var{dir}} 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 cannot
+parse 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