Updated information on HP-UX and its config files.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b3858ddcb0c..f443c392f6a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -91,9 +91,18 @@ extensively on the following platforms and compilers:
 
 	. The current HP/UX C++ compiler is incredibly lame and has
 	  problems compiling ACE templates and achieving template
-	  closure.  I've heard that the next release is better...
-	  In the meantime, you might try using GNU GCC or SunC++
-	  on HP/UX.
+	  closure.  aC++ is better - it builds the ACE library ok
+	  but crashes while compiling some examples and test programs.
+	  GNU GCC and SunC++ have also been known to work.
+
+	. There are a number of config files for HP in the ace directory.
+	  If you are using an HP compiler (HP C++ or aC++) the file
+	  config-hpux-10.x-hpc++.h is the preferred config file.
+	  config-hpux-10.x.h is compiler-independent, and is included by
+	  config-hpux-10.x-hpc++.h.  People maintaining config for other
+	  compilers are encouraged to follow this model - put compiler-
+	  specific settings in the config-hpux-<compiler>.h file and
+	  include config-hpux-10.x.h from there.
 
 * OSF/1 3.2 and 4.0 (a.k.a. Digital UNIX 4.0a) 
 
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ extensively on the following platforms and compilers:
 * UnixWare 2.01
 
 	. Steve Huston has ported ACE to work with UnixWare 2.01 and
-	  its standard C++ compiler.
+	  gcc 2.7.2.
 
 * VxWorks