[svn] Removed MACHINES.

[wget] / doc / wget.texi

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@@ -2955,24 +2955,22 @@ uses GNU Autoconf for building and configuring, and mostly avoids using
 ``special'' features of any particular Unix, it should compile (and
 work) on all common Unix flavors.
 
-Various Wget versions have been compiled and tested under many kinds of
-Unix systems, including Solaris, GNU/Linux, SunOS, OSF (aka Digital Unix
-or Tru64), Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, AIX, and others; refer to the file
-@file{MACHINES} in the distribution directory for a comprehensive list.
-If you compile it on an architecture not listed there, please let me
-know so I can update it.
-
-Wget should also compile on the other Unix systems, not listed in
-@file{MACHINES}.  If it doesn't, please let me know.
-
-Thanks to kind contributors, this version of Wget compiles and works on
-Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms.  It has been compiled
-successfully using MS Visual C++ 6.0, Watcom, and Borland C compilers,
-with Winsock as networking software.  Naturally, it is crippled of some
-features available on Unix, but it should work as a substitute for
-people stuck with Windows.  Note that the Windows port is
-@strong{neither tested nor maintained} by me---all questions and
-problems in Windows usage should be reported to Wget mailing list at
+Various Wget versions have been compiled and tested under many kinds
+of Unix systems, including GNU/Linux, Solaris, SunOS 4.x, OSF (aka
+Digital Unix or Tru64), Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, AIX, and others.  Some of
+those systems are no longer in widespread use and may not be able to
+support recent versions of Wget.  If Wget fails to compile on your
+system, we would like to know about it.
+
+Thanks to kind contributors, this version of Wget compiles and works
+on 32-bit Microsoft Windows platforms.  It has been compiled
+successfully using MS Visual C++ 6.0, Watcom, Borland C, and GCC
+compilers.  Naturally, it is crippled of some features available on
+Unix, but it should work as a substitute for people stuck with
+Windows.  Note that Windows-specific portions of Wget are not
+guaranteed to be supported in the future, although this has been the
+case in practice for many years now.  All questions and problems in
+Windows usage should be reported to Wget mailing list at
 @email{wget@@sunsite.dk} where the volunteers who maintain the
 Windows-related features might look at them.
 
@@ -2988,8 +2986,10 @@ Otherwise, @code{SIGHUP} is ignored.  This is convenient when you wish
 to redirect the output of Wget after having started it.
 
 @example
-$ wget http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/gnus.tar.gz &
-$ kill -HUP %%     # Redirect the output to wget-log
+$ wget http://www.gnus.org/dist/gnus.tar.gz &
+...
+$ kill -HUP %%
+SIGHUP received, redirecting output to `wget-log'.
 @end example
 
 Other than that, Wget will not try to interfere with signals in any way.