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-rw-r--r--manual/maint.texi12
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
index 9359bad6cb..cda84f7bec 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile
+++ b/manual/Makefile
@@ -132,12 +132,13 @@ glibc-doc-$(edition).tar: $(doc-only-dist) $(distribute)
 
 .PHONY: mostlyclean distclean realclean clean
 mostlyclean:
-	-rm -f libc.dvi libc.info* dir-add.info
+	-rm -f libc.dvi libc.info* dir-add.info $(common-objpfx)stub-manual
+	-rm -f $(foreach o,$(object-suffixes),$(objpfx)stamp$o)
 clean: mostlyclean
 distclean: clean
 indices = cp fn pg tp vr ky
 realclean: distclean
-	-rm -f chapters chapters-incl summary.texi stamp-summary *.c.texi
+	-rm -f chapters chapters-incl* summary.texi stamp-summary *.c.texi
 	-rm -f $(foreach index,$(indices),libc.$(index) libc.$(index)s)
 	-rm -f libc.log libc.aux libc.toc dir-add.texi
 
diff --git a/manual/maint.texi b/manual/maint.texi
index c17718111c..3675c4faba 100644
--- a/manual/maint.texi
+++ b/manual/maint.texi
@@ -206,12 +206,15 @@ On most platforms, the GNU C library can only be compiled with the GNU C
 compiler.  We recommend GCC version 2.7.2 or later; earlier versions may
 have problems.
 
+On PowerPC, GCC versions dated earlier than 970904 are known not to work
+(they crash), including 2.7.2.
+
 @item
-@code{binutils} 2.8
+@code{binutils} 2.8.1
 
 Using the GNU @code{binutils} (assembler, linker, and related tools) is
 preferable when possible, and they are required to build an ELF shared C
-library.  We recommend @code{binutils} version 2.8 or later; earlier
+library.  We recommend @code{binutils} version 2.8.1 or later; earlier
 versions are known to have problems or to not support all architectures.
 @end itemize
 
@@ -227,6 +230,7 @@ alpha-@var{anything}-linux
 i@var{x}86-@var{anything}-gnu
 i@var{x}86-@var{anything}-linux
 m68k-@var{anything}-linux
+powerpc-@var{anything}-linux
 @end smallexample
 
 Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
@@ -898,6 +902,10 @@ David Mosberger-Tang contributed the port to Linux/Alpha
 (@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}).
 
 @item
+The port to Linux on PowerPC (@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux})
+was contributed by Geoffrey Keating.
+
+@item
 Miles Bader wrote the argp argument-parsing package, and the argz/envz
 interfaces.