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authorEric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>2005-07-16 18:12:21 +0200
committerEric Botcazou <ebotcazou@gcc.gnu.org>2005-07-16 16:12:21 +0000
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install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Document recommended version of GNU binutils and mention GNU linker problem on...
* doc/install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Document recommended version of GNU binutils and mention GNU linker problem on Solaris 10. From-SVN: r102094
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-16 Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
+
+ * doc/install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Document recommended version
+ of GNU binutils and mention GNU linker problem on Solaris 10.
+
2005-07-16 Joseph S. Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
PR c/22421
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 5ad9893..e036263 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -3575,6 +3575,14 @@ from the CVS repository or applying the patch
@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html} to the
release.
+We recommend using GNU binutils 2.16 or later in conjunction with GCC 4.x.
+However, for Solaris 10 and above, an additional patch is required in order
+for the GNU linker to be able to cope with a new flavor of shared libraries.
+You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_16-branch
+from the CVS repository or applying the patch
+@uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2005-07/msg00122.html} to the
+release.
+
Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume
that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but