[patch,doc] Remove dead/inactive links for GCC binaries

[patch,doc] Remove dead/inactive links for GCC binaries

[FX]

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Attached patch cleans up the list of links we provide for GCC binaries:

- pware.hvcc.edu is dead, no mirror or newer alternative found
- h8300-hms.sourceforge.net is inactive since 2003, carries only gcc 3.2 and 3.3
- sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de only has gcc 3.0.1
- SCO website has gcc 2.95.2
- ftp.thewrittenword.com only offers gcc 4.0.2

Tested with "make pdf info html", OK to commit?

FX


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2015-08-22  Francois-Xavier Coudert  <fxcoudert@gcc.gnu.org>

	* doc/install.texi (Binaries): Remove links no longer valid.


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Index: doc/install.texi
===================================================================
--- doc/install.texi	(revision 226823)
+++ doc/install.texi	(working copy)
@@ -3150,37 +3150,25 @@ contact their makers.
 AIX:
 @itemize
 @item
-@uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
+@uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Open Source Software Archive for
+for AIX 5L and AIX 6};
 
 @item
-@uref{http://pware.hvcc.edu,,Hudson Valley Community College Open Source Software for IBM System p};
-
-@item
-@uref{http://www.perzl.org/aix/,,AIX 5L and 6 Open Source Packages}.
+@uref{http://www.perzl.org/aix/,,AIX Open Source Packages (AIX5L, AIX 6.1,
+AIX 7.1)}.
 @end itemize
 
 @item
 DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
 
 @item
-Renesas H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
-Development Tools for the Renesas H8/300[HS] Series}.
-
-@item
 HP-UX:
 @itemize
 @item
 @uref{http://hpux.connect.org.uk/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
-
-@item
-@uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
 @end itemize
 
 @item
-@uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
-OpenServer/Unixware}.
-
-@item
 Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel):
 @itemize
 @item
@@ -3196,18 +3184,11 @@ Microsoft Windows:
 @item
 The @uref{http://sourceware.org/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
 @item
-The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
+The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} and
+@uref{http://mingw-w64.org/,,mingw-w64} projects.
 @end itemize
 
 @item
-@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/by-name/,,The
-Written Word} offers binaries for
-AIX 4.3.3, 5.1 and 5.2,
-GNU/Linux (i386),
-HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.11, and
-Solaris/SPARC 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
-
-@item
 @uref{http://www.openpkg.org/,,OpenPKG} offers binaries for quite a
 number of platforms.
 

Re: [patch,doc] Remove dead/inactive links for GCC binaries

[Jeff Law]

On 08/22/2015 01:01 AM, FX wrote:
> Attached patch cleans up the list of links we provide for GCC binaries:
>
> - pware.hvcc.edu is dead, no mirror or newer alternative found
> - h8300-hms.sourceforge.net is inactive since 2003, carries only gcc 3.2 and 3.3
> - sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de only has gcc 3.0.1
> - SCO website has gcc 2.95.2
> - ftp.thewrittenword.com only offers gcc 4.0.2
>
> Tested with "make pdf info html", OK to commit?
One could argue all this ought to go away, but no reason to hold up your 
cleanup.  So this is fine for the trunk.

jeff

Re: [patch,doc] Remove dead/inactive links for GCC binaries

[Sandra Loosemore]

On 08/24/2015 11:31 AM, Jeff Law wrote:
> On 08/22/2015 01:01 AM, FX wrote:
>> Attached patch cleans up the list of links we provide for GCC binaries:
>>
>> - pware.hvcc.edu is dead, no mirror or newer alternative found
>> - h8300-hms.sourceforge.net is inactive since 2003, carries only gcc
>> 3.2 and 3.3
>> - sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de only has gcc 3.0.1
>> - SCO website has gcc 2.95.2
>> - ftp.thewrittenword.com only offers gcc 4.0.2
>>
>> Tested with "make pdf info html", OK to commit?
> One could argue all this ought to go away, but no reason to hold up your
> cleanup.  So this is fine for the trunk.

Heh, I was about to suggest just deleting the whole section, too.  I 
think nowadays most people get native GCC from their OS distro and cross 
toolchains for embedded targets from their hardware vendor or consortium 
(e.g., Linaro).  And, well, there's Google if you need help finding a 
GCC for your target....

That said, I think removing broken or unuseful links from the 
documentation qualifies as an "obvious" fix, if folks think the 
remaining information in the section is actually useful.

-Sandra

Re: [patch,doc] Remove dead/inactive links for GCC binaries

[FX]

> Heh, I was about to suggest just deleting the whole section, too.  I think nowadays most people get native GCC from their OS distro and cross toolchains for embedded targets from their hardware vendor or consortium (e.g., Linaro).  And, well, there's Google if you need help finding a GCC for your target....
> 
> That said, I think removing broken or unuseful links from the documentation qualifies as an "obvious" fix, if folks think the remaining information in the section is actually useful.

I’ve committed the patch as submitted. If someone wants to nuke the whole section, fine with me :)

FX