Re: README reference not in INSTALL --

[Paul Eggert]

Thanks for reporting that.  I'll install the following fix (currently
can't do that, since savannah is down).

2007-03-14  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * README (WARNING): Reword to avoid mention of no-longer-existing
        section in INSTALL file.  Problem reported by Paul Townsend in
        <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gzip/2007-03/msg00000.html>.

--- README.~1.4.~       2006-11-20 00:40:33.000000000 -0800
+++ README      2007-03-14 23:56:24.000000000 -0700
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ INSTALL for installation instructions. S
 asked questions are given in the file INSTALL, please read it. (In
 particular, please don't ask me once more for an /etc/magic entry.)
 
-WARNING: on several systems, compiler bugs cause gzip to fail, in
-particular when optimization options are on.  See the section "Special
-targets" at the end of the INSTALL file for a list of known problems.
-For all machines, use "make check" to check that gzip was compiled
+WARNING: gzip is sensitive to compiler bugs, particularly when
+optimizing.  Use "make check" to check that gzip was compiled
 correctly.  Try compiling gzip without any optimization if you have a
 problem.