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diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 03e8f54..6387b91 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ 2012-03-12 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> + * doc/install.texi (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.[89]): Update + binutils reference. + (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.10): Remove GCC 4.0 reference. + Update binutils references. + (Specific, *-*-solaris2*): Mention bundled GCC in Solaris 10 and 11. + Update binutils reference. + Update Sun as/GNU ld caveat. + Document binutils largefile requirement for LTO plugin. + Remove referent to alternate libpthread. + +2012-03-12 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> + * config.gcc (alpha*-dec-osf5.1*): Remove. * config.host (alpha*-dec-osf*): Remove. * configure.ac (*-*-osf*): Remove. diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 00a8994..e60d225 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ The Sun assembler in Solaris 8 and 9 has several bugs and limitations. While GCC works around them, several features are missing, so it is @c FIXME: which ones? recommended to use the GNU assembler instead. There is no bundled -version, but the current version, from GNU binutils 2.21, is known to +version, but the current version, from GNU binutils 2.22, is known to work. Solaris@tie{}2/x86 doesn't support the execution of SSE/SSE2 instructions @@ -3583,8 +3583,7 @@ you have the patch installed, you can configure GCC with an appropriate <hr /> @end html @heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10 -Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. This -configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only. Starting +Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. Starting with GCC 4.7, there is also a 64-bit @samp{amd64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*} or @samp{x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*} configuration that corresponds to @samp{sparcv9-sun-solaris2*}. @@ -3593,7 +3592,7 @@ It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler, in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. The versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19, work fine, although the current version, from GNU binutils -2.21, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in +2.22, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in @file{/usr/ccs/bin/as} work almost as well, though. @c FIXME: as patch requirements? @@ -3601,7 +3600,7 @@ For linking, the Sun linker, is preferred. If you want to use the GNU linker instead, which is available in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gld}, note that due to a packaging bug the version in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, cannot be used, while the version in Solaris 11, from GNU binutils -2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.21. +2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.22. To use GNU @command{as}, configure with the options @option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=@//usr/@/sfw/@/bin/@/gas}. It may be necessary @@ -4172,8 +4171,10 @@ Support for Solaris 8 has been obsoleted in GCC 4.7, but can still be enabled by configuring with @option{--enable-obsolete}. Support will be removed in GCC 4.8. Support for Solaris 7 has been removed in GCC 4.6. -Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2, though you can download -the Sun Studio compilers for free. Alternatively, +Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2 before Solaris 10, though +you can download the Sun Studio compilers for free. In Solaris 10 and +11, GCC 3.4.3 is available in @command{/usr/sfw/bin/gcc}. Solaris 11 +also provides GCC 4.5.2 in @command{/usr/gcc/4.5/bin/gcc}. Alternatively, you can install a pre-built GCC to bootstrap and install GCC. See the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details. @@ -4216,17 +4217,19 @@ We recommend the use of the Sun assembler or the GNU assembler, in conjunction with the Sun linker. The GNU @command{as} versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19, are known to work. They can be found in -@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.21) +@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.22) are known to work as well. Note that your mileage may vary if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while the combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work, -the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to -cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs. +the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} may fail to +build or cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs. @c FIXME: still? GNU @command{ld} usually works as well, although the version included in Solaris 10 cannot be used due to several bugs. Again, the current -version (2.21) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific -features, so better stay with Sun @command{ld}. +version (2.22) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific +features, so better stay with Sun @command{ld}. To use the LTO linker +plugin (@option{-fuse-linker-plugin}) with GNU @command{ld}, GNU +binutils @emph{must} be configured with @option{--enable-largefile}. To enable symbol versioning in @samp{libstdc++} with Sun @command{ld}, you need to have any version of GNU @command{c++filt}, which is part of @@ -4257,10 +4260,10 @@ There are patches for Solaris 8 (117350-12 or newer for SPARC, 117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem. -Solaris@tie{}8 provides an alternate implementation of the thread libraries, -@samp{libpthread} and @samp{libthread}. They are required for TLS -support and have been made the default in Solaris@tie{}9, so they are always -used on Solaris@tie{}8. +Solaris@tie{}8 provides an alternate implementation of the thread +library @samp{libthread}. It is required for TLS support and has +been made the default in Solaris@tie{}9, so it is always used on +Solaris@tie{}8. Thread-local storage (TLS) is supported in Solaris@tie{}8 and 9, but requires some patches. The @samp{libthread} patches provide the |