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| Series | [wwwdocs] Re: unreachable intro to gcc page linked to on readings page | expand |
On Thu, 1 Sept 2022 at 12:01, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 at 11:31, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > > > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2022, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > >> a broken link points to > > >> > > >> An introduction to GCC by Brian J. Gough. > > >> . http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/intro/ > > > There are much more recent archived copies like > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20181113021321/http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/intro/ > > > I'm not sure it's worth updating the link to an archived copy of that > > > page, because all the links for buying a PDF or printed copy are > > > probably dead now anyway. > > > > > > We could link to https://archive.org/details/B-001-002-835 instead, or > > > to the archived HTML version. The newest capture of the HTML version > > > seems to be this, although I didn't check that all pages are archived: > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20181206025406/http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/ > > > My preference would be to link to that latter. Although it's quite > > > dated, the sections on basic compilation and compiler flags are still > > > relevant for beginners. > > > > > > Gerald? > > > > I searched around a bit myself (since indeed the original and printed > > versions seem to be gone) and landed at > > > > https://archive.org/details/B-001-002-835 > > > > as well. I probably would have gone for that, though the > > web.archive.org/web link you found works equally if you want to point > > there instead. > > Why not both? I've pushed the attached patch to [wwwdocs]. Oops, I meant to link to the HTML pages, not the promotional page for the printed version and PDF. Fixed with the attached tweak, pushed to wwwdocs. commit a962fbb84d1a05af682f35f5b6dad7e3371db308 Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> Date: Wed Sep 21 09:34:57 2022 +0100 Adjust "An Introduction to GCC" link to the actual book I meant to link to the HTML pages, not the promotional page for the printed version and PDF. diff --git a/htdocs/readings.html b/htdocs/readings.html index 5d1b78e8..3abdd2c4 100644 --- a/htdocs/readings.html +++ b/htdocs/readings.html @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ <ul> - <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060106062936/http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/intro/">An Introduction + <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060106062936/http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/">An Introduction to GCC</a> by Brian J. Gough (<a href="https://archive.org/details/B-001-002-835/">e-book</a>).</li>
diff --git a/htdocs/readings.html b/htdocs/readings.html index 4269e9f0..5d1b78e8 100644 --- a/htdocs/readings.html +++ b/htdocs/readings.html @@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ <ul> - <li><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/intro/">An Introduction - to GCC</a> by Brian J. Gough.</li> + <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060106062936/http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/intro/">An Introduction + to GCC</a> by Brian J. Gough + (<a href="https://archive.org/details/B-001-002-835/">e-book</a>).</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GNU_C_Compiler_Internals">GNU C Compiler Internals (Wikibook)</a>, numerous contributors.</li>