Bug#596406: gcc-4.4-base: Broken URL links in README.C++
Package: gcc-4.4-base
Version: 4.4.4-14
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Many URL links listed in README.C++ are broken.
Let's clean this up and make this documentation robust to such URL
moves using attached patch.
Broken links are removed.
I intentionally did not list non-parasoft mirror sites since some of
them tend to lag 4-5 years behind.
Google link is my thought on backup link.
Osamu
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
-- no debconf information
diff -Nru gcc-4.4-4.4.4-orig/debian/README.C++ gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/README.C++
--- gcc-4.4-4.4.4-orig/debian/README.C++ 2010-09-11 11:37:59.000000000 +0900
+++ gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/README.C++ 2010-09-11 12:16:40.152535459 +0900
@@ -15,29 +15,21 @@
Other documentation can be found:
- http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~musser/stl.html
http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/
- http://www.dinkumware.com/htm_cpl/
with a good, recent, book on C++.
A great deal of useful C++ documentation can be found in the C++ FAQ-Lite,
maintained by Marshall Cline <cline@parashift.com>. It can be found at the
-following locations (this list was last updated on 2000/11/19):
+mirror sites linked from the following URL (this was last updated on
+2010/09/11):
-USA: http://www.cerfnet.com/~mpcline/c++-faq-lite/
+ http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq/
-Canada: http://new-brunswick.net/workshop/c++/faq
+or use some search engin site to find it, e.g.:
-Finland: http://www.utu.fi/~sisasa/oasis/cppfaq/
-
-France: http://caor.ensmp.fr/FAQ/c++-faq-lite/
-
-Spain: http://geneura.ugr.es/~jmerelo/c++-faq/
-
-Taiwan: http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/c++/C++FAQ-English/
-
-U.K.: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~jdm/CPP/index.html
+ http://www.google.com/search?q=c%2B%2B+faq+lite
+Be careful not to use outdated mirors.
Please send updates to this list as bug report for the g++ package.
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