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diff --git a/README_d/README.macosx b/README_d/README.macosx index 11f10cb6..008964e2 100644 --- a/README_d/README.macosx +++ b/README_d/README.macosx @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +Wed Feb 21 06:59:28 IST 2018 +============================ + +On PowerPC Macintosh, if you build GCC 4.2.4 and use that version of GCC, +you can compile gawk with MPFR and the C99 settings. So I have restored +the MPFR check for that system. Right now the two readfile tests fail +on that system; I may not let that block the release of 4.2.1. + Thu Jan 25 20:07:56 IST 2018 ============================ @@ -5,15 +13,6 @@ You may need to explicitly tell configure where to find the GNU gettext header file and library with --with-libintl-prefix=...'. Otherwise, the nlstringtest test will fail. -Fri Dec 23 13:42:58 IST 2016 -============================ - -If anyone besides me still has a PowerPC Macintosh, it's no longer -possible to build gawk using MPFR. C99 and the last version of MPFR -that works on that platform don't get along, and I could not solve -the problem. So I simply disabled the MPFR check in configure.ac on -that platform. - Mon Apr 13 09:49:40 IDT 2015 ============================ |