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authorDmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>2018-01-31 14:20:10 +0000
committerDmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>2018-01-31 14:20:10 +0000
commit93493119648db44af0b8170588e02ad273ec86a4 (patch)
treecdd9882b119ced8f2fce24e51182e499c5353d24 /INSTALL
parentallocalim.h: use __glibc_likely instead of __builtin_expect (diff)
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Update information about the newest versions of tools used to build glibc
* manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Update the newest versions of gcc, binutils, texinfo, gawk, bison, and sed. * INSTALL: Regenerated.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 42508e69dc..68b9252b74 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
GCC 4.9 or higher is required. In general it is recommended to use
the newest version of the compiler that is known to work for
building the GNU C Library, as newer compilers usually produce
- better code. As of release time, GCC 7.1 is the newest compiler
+ better code. As of release time, GCC 7.3.1 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), GCC 6.2 or higher
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
You must use GNU 'binutils' (as and ld) to build the GNU C Library.
No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
- moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.27 is the newest
+ moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.29.1 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'texinfo' 4.7 or later
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
need this version of the 'texinfo' package. Earlier versions do
not understand all the tags used in the document, and the
installation mechanism for the info files is not present or works
- differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 6.0 is the newest
+ differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 6.5 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'awk' 3.1.2, or higher
@@ -463,13 +463,14 @@ build the GNU C Library:
'awk' is used in several places to generate files. Some 'gawk'
extensions are used, including the 'asorti' function, which was
introduced in version 3.1.2 of 'gawk'. As of release time, 'gawk'
- version 4.1.3 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
+ version 4.2.0 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
Library.
* GNU 'bison' 2.7 or later
'bison' is used to generate the 'yacc' parser code in the 'intl'
- subdirectory.
+ subdirectory. As of release time, 'bison' version 3.0.4 is the
+ newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* Perl 5
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
'Sed' is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts
work with any version of 'sed'. As of release time, 'sed' version
- 4.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
+ 4.4 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
If you change any of the 'configure.ac' files you will also need