* etc/MACHINES: Add note re Irix 6.5.

[gnu-emacs] / etc / MACHINES

diff --git a/etc/MACHINES b/etc/MACHINES
index 51c7712046e65973f3d57c04d91f4c85180734c0..d60510eab91792ec257a1d23ff63e383d548885e 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/MACHINES
+++ b/etc/MACHINES
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ the list at the end of this file.
     ./configure CC='/usr/sfw/bin/gcc -m64'  # GCC
     ./configure CC='cc -m64'                # Solaris Studio
 
+** Irix 6.5
+
+  It *may* be possible to build Emacs on Irix 6.5 with an old version
+  (3.1) of gcc.  Newer versions of gcc may not work.  None of the
+  current Emacs developers use Irix, though.  If you want to help
+  make Emacs on Irix work, see <http://debbugs.gnu.org/9684>.
+
 \f
 * Obsolete platforms