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diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 2dfa6ea..fa2b265 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3551,10 +3551,13 @@ currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs anything but a MIPS. It does work to cross compile for a MIPS if you use the GNU assembler and linker. -The linker from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which -causes the runtime linker stubs in @file{libgcj.so} to be incorrectly -generated. If you want to use libgcj, either use binutils 2.17 or -later to build it or export @samp{LD_BIND_NOW=1} in your runtime environment. +The assembler from GNU binutils 2.17 and earlier has a bug in the way +it sorts relocations for REL targets (o32, o64, EABI). This can cause +bad code to be generated for simple C++ programs. Also the linker +from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which causes the +runtime linker stubs in very large programs, like @file{libgcj.so}, to +be incorrectly generated. Binutils CVS snapshots and releases made +after Nov. 9, 2006 are thought to be free from both of these problems. @html <hr /> |