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+2005-04-21 Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu>
+
+ * build.texinfo (HPUX): Add some notes about the thread support
+ and gcc.
+
+ * defintions.texinfo (RELEASE, PREVRELEASE): Updated.
+
2005-03-03 Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu>
* build.texinfo (HPUX): Update with current state of shared
diff --git a/doc/build.texinfo b/doc/build.texinfo
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@@ -841,7 +841,14 @@ be safe) and build the shared libraries anyways.
You will also need to configure the build tree with
@samp{--disable-thread-support} if you are on HPUX 10 and do not have
the DCE development package installed, because that's where the
-@code{pthread.h} header file is found.
+@code{pthread.h} header file is found. (We don't know if our code
+will work with such a package installed, because according to some HP
+documentation, their @code{pthread.h} has to be included before any
+other header files, and our code doesn't do that.)
+
+If you use GCC, it may work, but some versions of GCC have omitted
+certain important preprocessor defines, like @code{__STDC_EXT__} and
+@code{__hpux}.
@node Solaris versions 2.0 through 2.3, Solaris 2.X, HPUX, OS Incompatibilities
@subsection Solaris versions 2.0 through 2.3