Fix an outdated comment as pointed out in BZ #211256.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@15146 a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1232c8e..8079ef2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
201435 Fix Darwin: -v does not show kernel version
210028 ppc32: Unhandled instruction vmhraddshs
= 338095
+211256 Fixed an outdated comment regarding the default platform.
211926 Avoid compilation warnings in valgrind.h with -pedantic
226609 Crediting upstream authors in man page
231257 Valgrind omits path when executing script from shebang line
diff --git a/coregrind/launcher-linux.c b/coregrind/launcher-linux.c
index 08f38c1..a5ebb02 100644
--- a/coregrind/launcher-linux.c
+++ b/coregrind/launcher-linux.c
@@ -341,14 +341,11 @@
}
/* Select a platform to use if we can't decide that by looking at
- the executable (eg because it's a shell script). Note that the
- default_platform is not necessarily either the primary or
- secondary build target. Instead it's chosen to maximise the
- chances that /bin/sh will work on it. Hence for a primary
- target of ppc64-linux we still choose ppc32-linux as the default
- target, because on most ppc64-linux setups, the basic /bin,
- /usr/bin, etc, stuff is built in 32-bit mode, not 64-bit
- mode. */
+ the executable (eg because it's a shell script). VG_PLATFORM is the
+ default_platform. Its value is defined in coregrind/Makefile.am and
+ typically it is the primary build target. Unless the primary build
+ target is not built is not built in which case VG_PLATFORM is the
+ secondary build target. */
if ((0==strcmp(VG_PLATFORM,"x86-linux")) ||
(0==strcmp(VG_PLATFORM,"amd64-linux")) ||
(0==strcmp(VG_PLATFORM,"ppc32-linux")) ||
