Rewrite install.texi so that INSTALL is shorter and hopefully
more useful for new installers.
* doc/install.texi: When not building the Autoconf manual, put
copyright notice at the end, and omit external references as they
do not work in INSTALL.
Avoid long URLs as they do not work well in INSTALL or
in info files. Be more consistent (though not entirely
consistent) about “system” vs “architecture”.
(System Types, Building for a different system type)
(Troubleshooting the Build Type): Coalesce into a single section
and rewrite for clarity and brevity. Mention build-aux. Do not
mention --target here as it’s too rare to make the cut.
INSTALL: Clarify --build, --host, --target, and the system types.
* doc/install.texi (Compilers and Options): Add another reference.
(System Types): Renamed from System Type. Explain how to canonicalize
and how to validate a system type. Don't explain --build, --host,
--target here.
(Building for a different system type): New section.
(Troubleshooting the Build Type): New section.
(Configuring a Compiler): New section.
(configure Invocation): Mention the --host option, not the --build
option, since --build is so rarely needed.
Problem reported for gettext bootstrap by Julien Palard in: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62196
* doc/install.texi: Give a brief info as to how to bootstrap,
on packages built from Git rather from a distribution tarball.
Remove aging details about c99, macOS, X, HP-UX, OSF/1, Solaris,
Haiku, sun4. Improve documentation for enable/disable and
with/without options.
Problem reported by Matoro <https://bugs.gnu.org/64123>.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (_AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_CODE):
New overridable macro FTYPE, to test types other than off_t.
(_AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_CODE): Test ino_t for
-D_FILE_OFFSETBITS=64 too, if no flags are needed for off_t.
Needed for GNU/Linux on alpha and s390x.
