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[ginac.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this:
  # make install
 
 Known to work with:
-  - Linux on x86, Alpha and Sparc using GCC 2.95.x and 3.0.x.
+  - Linux on x86, Alpha and Sparc using GCC 3.0.x, 3.1 and 3.2.
 Known not to work with:
-  - GCC 2.7.x or earlier because proper exception support is missing there.
+  - GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
+    is missing there.
 
 The "configure" script can be given a number of options to enable and
 disable various features. For a complete list, type:
@@ -85,12 +86,4 @@ Problems with missing standard header files
 Building GiNaC requires many standard header files.  If you get a
 configure error complaining about such missing files your compiler and
 library are probably not up to date enough and it's no worth
-continuing.  If the only file missing is <sstream>, however, there is
-a solution.  GCC-2.95.2 and earlier don't ship with this file.  A
-working implementation has been available since GCC-2.95.3.  GCC-3.0
-and later have an even better, fully standard-conforming
-implementation, by default.  If you are stuck with GCC-2.95.2 or
-earlier and you cannot upgrade your compiler we recommend obtaining
-the libstdc++-v2 <sstream> header written by Magnus Fromreide.  It was
-posted to the gcc-patches mailing list on November 21 2000:
-<http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-11/msg01152.html>.
+continuing.