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doc: Streamline hppa*-hp-hpux11 installation instructions

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A HP/UX linker patch from the GCC 3.3 era and Binutils 2.14
	no longer should require special mention.

	These originally came in via commit c512449722 in April 2004 as
	  * doc/install.texi: Update HP-UX 11 installation procedure.

gcc:
	PR target/69374
	* doc/install.texi (Specific) <hppa*-hp-hpux11>: Remove references
	to HP/UX linker patch from 2004 and Binutils 2.14.
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@ -4222,30 +4222,6 @@ result, it's not possible to switch linkers in the middle of a GCC build.
This has been reported to sometimes occur in unified builds of binutils
and GCC@.
A recent linker patch must be installed for the correct operation of
GCC 3.3 and later. @code{PHSS_26559} and @code{PHSS_24304} are the
oldest linker patches that are known to work. They are for HP-UX
11.00 and 11.11, respectively. @code{PHSS_24303}, the companion to
@code{PHSS_24304}, might be usable but it hasn't been tested. These
patches have been superseded. Consult the HP patch database to obtain
the currently recommended linker patch for your system.
The patches are necessary for the support of weak symbols on the
32-bit port, and for the running of initializers and finalizers. Weak
symbols are implemented using SOM secondary definition symbols. Prior
to HP-UX 11, there are bugs in the linker support for secondary symbols.
The patches correct a problem of linker core dumps creating shared
libraries containing secondary symbols, as well as various other
linking issues involving secondary symbols.
GCC 3.3 uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capabilities to
run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The 32-bit port
uses the linker @option{+init} and @option{+fini} options for the same
purpose. The patches correct various problems with the +init/+fini
options, including program core dumps. Binutils 2.14 corrects a
problem on the 64-bit port resulting from HP's non-standard use of
the .init and .fini sections for array initializers and finalizers.
Only the HP linker is supported for the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target.
At this time, the GNU linker does not support the creation of long