Do not claim that GCC predefines __POSIX__.

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+2012-02-18  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
+	[BZ #4596]
+	* manual/conf.texi (_POSIX_VERSION): Do not mention __POSIX__.
+
 2012-02-18  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sparc/sysdep.h (SPARC_PIC_THUNK): New macro.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Version 2.16
 
 * The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
-  174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5077, 5805, 6884, 6907, 9902, 10140,
-  10210, 11494, 12047, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530,
-  13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583,
-  13618
+  174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4596, 4822, 5077, 5805, 6884, 6907, 9902,
+  10140, 10210, 11494, 12047, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529,
+  13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559,
+  13583, 13618
 
 * ISO C11 support:
 

diff --git a/manual/conf.texi b/manual/conf.texi
@@ -248,11 +248,6 @@ by including @file{unistd.h} and then checking whether
 probably fail because there is no @file{unistd.h}.  We do not know of
 @emph{any} way you can reliably test at compilation time whether your
 target system supports POSIX or whether @file{unistd.h} exists.
-
-The GNU C compiler predefines the symbol @code{__POSIX__} if the target
-system is a POSIX system.  Provided you do not use any other compilers
-on POSIX systems, testing @code{defined (__POSIX__)} will reliably
-detect such systems.
 @end deftypevr
 
 @comment unistd.h