Emacs machines list
-Copyright (C) 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1998, 2001-2011
+Copyright (C) 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1998, 2001-2012
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of the file for license conditions.
supported, has been removed. Consult older versions of this file if
you are interested in this information.
-The `configure' script uses the configuration name to decide which
-machine and operating system description files `src/config.h' should
-include. The machine description files are all in `src/m', and have
-names similar to, but not identical to, the machine names used in
-configuration names. The operating system files are all in `src/s',
-and are named similarly. See the `configure' script if you need to
-know which configuration names use which machine and operating system
-description files.
+The `configure' script uses the configuration name, and the results of
+testing the system, to decide which options to use in src/config.h and
+elsewhere (eg Makefiles).
If you add support for a new configuration, add a section to this
-file, and then edit the `configure' script to tell it which
-configuration name(s) should select your new machine description and
-system description files.
+file, and edit the `configure.ac' source as needed.
Some obsolete platforms are unsupported beginning with Emacs 23.1. See
the list at the end of this file.