[Bug web/32927] Online installation instructions only for mainline

[Bug web/32927] Online installation instructions only for mainline

[glisse at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32927

--- Comment #5 from Marc Glisse <glisse at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-01-10 13:08:43 UTC ---
This has caused quite a bit of confusion lately with people installing ISL
instead of PPL for gcc-4.7.

[Bug web/32927] Online installation instructions only for mainline

[LpSolit at netscape dot net]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32927

--- Comment #6 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-01-10 13:54:22 UTC ---
Perhaps you could add an entry to the FAQ: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FAQ so when
people google for the error, they understand what the problem is. The FAQ
should also mention this bug. Because it is possible that this issue won't be
fixed in the next few years.

[Bug web/32927] Online installation instructions only for mainline

[gerald at pfeifer dot com]

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Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #8 from Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com> ---
I dislike it when it appears to reports of mine, still allow me to close
this as WONTFIX since it's very unlikely to ever be addressed if it hasn't
for 13 years (and it's more of an enhancement, not a critical issue).

If anyone wants to give it a go, embedding invocations of
  gcc/doc/install.texi2html
into 
  maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs_git
probably is the way to go.

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[tschwinge at gcc dot gnu.org]

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Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |tschwinge at gcc dot gnu.org
   Last reconfirmed|2007-09-17 17:56:57         |2022-10-20

--- Comment #9 from Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
I will just mention that this also greatly confused me earlier today, when for
"current development", on <https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/#current> we readily
point to "User-Level Documentation", "GCC Installation Instructions":
<https://gcc.gnu.org/install/>, but there is nothing comparable for GCC release
branches, and also these "Installing GCC" pages are not included in any of the
manuals listed for GCC release branches, as listed on
<https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/>.  Of course, I do know where to find the
versioned installation instructions in the sources, but I wanted a quick URL to
give to someone -- like we have for all the other manuals.

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[manu at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #4 from manu at gcc dot gnu dot org  2007-09-17 17:56 -------
I think this is confirmed as a feature that would be nice to have. So the
install instructions should behave like the OpenMP manual here
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/ and we will end up with:

http://gcc.gnu.org/install/ for the current development version and
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/gcc-4.2.0/ for GCC 4.2.0 as released.

I guess this will require to adjust a few shell scripts and perhaps adjust a
few webpages. Contributors are welcome.


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manu at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |manu at gcc dot gnu dot org
           Severity|normal                      |enhancement
             Status|WAITING                     |NEW
     Ever Confirmed|0                           |1
   Last reconfirmed|0000-00-00 00:00:00         |2007-09-17 17:56:57
               date|                            |


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[Bug web/32927] Online installation instructions only for mainline

[ammonton at cc dot helsinki dot fi]

------- Comment #3 from ammonton at cc dot helsinki dot fi  2007-07-31 16:25 -------
I checked the last few release tarballs, and neither the 4.2.0 or 4.2.1
packages come with pregenerated installation instructions. The older releases I
checked (back to 4.0.1) had the instructions in the INSTALL directory.


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[Bug web/32927] Online installation instructions only for mainline

[ammonton at cc dot helsinki dot fi]

------- Comment #2 from ammonton at cc dot helsinki dot fi  2007-07-29 17:53 -------
The INSTALL directory only has a README saying the instructions are generated
from gcc/doc/install.texi and the install.texi2html script in that directory
complains about a missing file gcc-vers.texi which I gather is generated when
building the compiler.

If you need instructions on how to install the installation instructions
something is wrong, IMO.


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[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #1 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2007-07-28 17:11 -------
This one purpose, you should have looked into the install directory which has
an index.html already in the tar file you downloaded.


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pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |WAITING


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