Re: [Patch] install.texi: Bump newlib version for nvptx + gcn

[Tobias Burnus <tobias@codesourcery.com>]

On 22.01.23 02:45, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>> Maybe, but the question is what to use? The project's webpage has on the
>> first page: "patch submissions to Newlib" and "automate the testing of
>> newlib".
> I also dug into the newlib web page and other sources and - while my
> personal preference slightly leans towards Newlib - believe newlib is
> more established overall.
>
> For the web pages, it's clearer than for our *.texi ones you dug into:
>
>    ~/src/wwwdocs/htdocs> grep -r newlib . | wc -l
>    15
>    ~/src/wwwdocs/htdocs> grep -r Newlib . | wc -l
>    3

You need to be careful with those counts as there is not only 'the [nN]ewlib library'
but also flags/configure arguments etc:

gcc/doc/install.texi:@item --with-newlib

gcc/doc/install.texi-@item --with-nds32-lib=@var{library}
gcc/doc/install.texi:Currently, the valid @var{library} is @samp{newlib} or @samp{mculib}.

gcc/doc/install.texi:to nvptx-newlib's @file{newlib} directory to the directory containing
gcc/doc/install.texi:@option{--enable-newlib-io-long-long} options when configuring.

gcc/doc/invoke.texi:@samp{--enable-newlib-nano-formatted-io}.
gcc/doc/invoke.texi:@item -mnewlib
gcc/doc/invoke.texi:@opindex mnewlib

(and a few more).

In the libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/, there are two 'newlib' and one 'Newlib'
(plus a bunch of newlib as filename/argument/config option).

Still, I concur that 'newlib' is still used a bit more often than 'Newlib'.

  * * *

In any case, I concur that it would be nice to unify .texi/.xml and diagnostic
output (twice in config/or1k/elf.opt) - and likewise the wwwdocs pages.
(That elf.opt file has twice 'newlib' and once 'Newlib'.)

-> adds this to the to-do list.

Tobias

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