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authorRichard Biener <rguenther@suse.de>2012-12-11 10:19:21 +0000
committerRichard Biener <rguenth@gcc.gnu.org>2012-12-11 10:19:21 +0000
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re PR other/54324 (GCC install document does not list minimum required g++ version)
2012-12-11 Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.de> PR other/54324 * doc/install.texi (Tools/packages necessary for building GCC): State ISO C++98 host compiler requirement. Increment minimum GCC version required for building all languages for a cross-compiler to 3.4 or later. From-SVN: r194389
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@heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
@table @asis
-@item ISO C90 compiler
+@item ISO C++98 compiler
Necessary to bootstrap GCC, although versions of GCC prior
-to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler.
+to 4.8 also allow bootstrapping with a ISO C89 compiler and versions
+of GCC prior to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional
+(K&R) C compiler.
To build all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where
3-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing
-GCC binary (version 2.95 or later) because source code for language
+GCC binary (version 3.4 or later) because source code for language
frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
@item GNAT