diff: README.Linux-Alpha

[Fergus Henderson]

README.Linux-Alpha:
	Document a patch needed to make things work on Linux/Alpha.

README.Linux:
	Point to README.Linux-Alpha.

Index: README.Linux
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/README.Linux,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -u -r1.8 README.Linux
--- README.Linux	1998/02/11 03:54:06	1.8
+++ README.Linux	1998/04/08 13:51:44
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-This file documents just the Linux/x86 port.  For the Linux/PowerPC
-port, see README.Linux-PPC.  (Ports to Linux on other architecures have
-not yet been attempted, but should not be difficult.)
+This file documents just the Linux/x86 port. 
+For the Linux/PowerPC port, see README.Linux-PPC. 
+For the Linux/Alpha port, see README.Linux-Alpha. 
+(Ports to Linux on other architecures have not yet
+been attempted, but should not be difficult.)
 
 On Linux with a.out, shared libraries are not supported.
 If you still have an old a.out system, the auto-configuration might
Index: README.Linux-Alpha
===================================================================
RCS file: README.Linux-Alpha
diff -N README.Linux-Alpha
--- /dev/null	Wed Apr  8 23:05:00 1998
+++ README.Linux-Alpha	Wed Apr  8 23:52:48 1998
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+For Linux/Alpha you need to apply the patch below.
+Just type `patch scripts/mgnuc < README.Linux-Alpha'.
+This patch is needed to make the Boehm collector work
+with the GNU assembler on Alphas.
+
+Index: mgnuc.in
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/scripts/mgnuc.in,v
+retrieving revision 1.48
+diff -u -u -r1.48 mgnuc.in
+--- mgnuc.in	1998/03/11 05:58:58	1.48
++++ mgnuc.in	1998/04/01 18:34:19
+@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
+ CC=${MERCURY_C_COMPILER="@CC@"}
+ CFLAGS_FOR_REGS="@CFLAGS_FOR_REGS@"
+ CFLAGS_FOR_GOTOS="@CFLAGS_FOR_GOTOS@"
+-AS=as
++# AS=as
++AS="gcc -c -x assembler-with-cpp"
+ 
+ case "$CC" in
+     *gcc*)

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