Emacs machines list
-Copyright (C) 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1998, 2001-2012
- Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1998, 2001-2014 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
See the end of the file for license conditions.
This is a list of the status of GNU Emacs on various machines and systems.
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.
./configure CC='/usr/sfw/bin/gcc -m64' # GCC
./configure CC='cc -m64' # Solaris Studio
+** Irix 6.5
+
+ It *may* be possible to build Emacs on Irix 6.5 with an old version
+ (3.1) of gcc. Newer versions of gcc may not work. None of the
+ current Emacs developers use Irix, though. If you want to help
+ make Emacs on Irix work, see <http://debbugs.gnu.org/9684>.
+
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* Obsolete platforms
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