merge changes from 3.10.2merged to 3.11.0

git-svn-id: http://caml.inria.fr/svn/ocaml/trunk@9153 f963ae5c-01c2-4b8c-9fe0-0dff7051ff02

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index c1d8457086..cdb3436fbd 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ PREREQUISITES
 
 * The GNU C compiler gcc is recommended, as the bytecode
   interpreter takes advantage of gcc-specific features to enhance
-  performance.
+  performance.  gcc is the standard compiler under Linux, MacOS X,
+  and many other systems.
 
-* Under HP/UX, the GNU C compiler gcc, the GNU assembler gas, and GNU make
-  are all *required*.  The vendor-provided compiler, assembler and make
-  have major problems.
+* Under MacOS X 10.5, you need version 3.1 or later of the XCode
+  development tools.  The version of XCode found on MacOS X 10.5
+  installation media causes linking problems.  XCode updates
+  are available free of charge at http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/
 
 * Under MacOS X up to version 10.2.8, you must raise the limit on the
   stack size with one of the following commands:
@@ -20,6 +22,10 @@ PREREQUISITES
 * If you do not have write access to /tmp, you should set the environment
   variable TMPDIR to the name of some other temporary directory.
 
+* Under HP/UX, the GNU C compiler gcc, the GNU assembler gas, and GNU make
+  are all *required*.  The vendor-provided compiler, assembler and make
+  have major problems.
+
 
 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
 
@@ -120,7 +126,8 @@ Examples:
   Installation in /usr, man pages in section "l":
     ./configure -bindir /usr/bin -libdir /usr/lib/ocaml -mandir /usr/man/manl
 
-  On a MacOSX/PowerPC host, to build a 64-bit version of OCaml:
+  On a MacOSX/Intel Core 2 or MacOSX/PowerPC host, to build a 64-bit version
+  of OCaml:
     ./configure -cc "gcc -m64"
 
   On a Linux x86/64 bits host, to build a 32-bit version of OCaml: