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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ by the Free Software Foundation.
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@titlefont{GNU Coding Standards}
@author{Richard Stallman}
@author{last updated 3 May 1992}
@author{last updated 9 May 1992}
@c Note date also appears below.
@page
@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
@node Top, Reading Non-Free Code, (dir), (dir)
@top Version
Last updated 3 May 1992.
Last updated 9 May 1992.
@c Note date also appears above.
@end ifinfo
@ -305,8 +305,9 @@ normally aren't because the distribution comes with them.
@item distclean
Delete all files from the current directory that are created by
configuring or building the program. This should leave only the files
that would be in the distribution.
configuring or building the program. If you have unpacked the source
and built the program without creating any other files, @samp{make
distclean} should leave only the files that were in the distribution.
@item mostlyclean
Like @samp{clean}, but may refrain from deleting a few files that people
@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ For example, a Sun 3 might be @samp{m68k-sun-sunos4.1}.
The @code{configure} script needs to be able to decode all plausible
alternatives for how to describe a machine. Thus, @samp{sun3-sunos4.1}
would be a valid alias. So would @samp{sun3-bsd4.2}, since Sunos is
would be a valid alias. So would @samp{sun3-bsd4.2}, since SunOS is
basically @sc{BSD} and no other @sc{BSD} system is used on a Sun. For many
programs, @samp{vax-dec-ultrix} would be an alias for
@samp{vax-dec-bsd}, simply because the differences between Ultrix and
@ -1079,12 +1080,12 @@ for data that will not be changed.
Try to avoid low-level interfaces to obscure Unix data structures (such
as file directories, utmp, or the layout of kernel memory), since these
are less likely to work compatibly. If you need to find all the files
in a directory, use @code{readdir} or some other high-level interface. These
will be supported compatibly by GNU.
in a directory, use @code{readdir} or some other high-level interface.
These will be supported compatibly by GNU.
By default, the GNU system will provide the signal handling
functions of @sc{BSD} and of @sc{POSIX}. So GNU software should be
written to use these.
By default, the GNU system will provide the signal handling functions of
@sc{BSD} and of @sc{POSIX}. So GNU software should be written to use
these.
In error checks that detect ``impossible'' conditions, just abort.
There is usually no point in printing any message. These checks