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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
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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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@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ GCC 4.9 or newer
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
@theglibc{}, as newer compilers usually produce better code. As of
-release time, GCC 7.1 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
+release time, GCC 7.3.1 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
@theglibc{}.
For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), GCC 6.2 or higher is
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ GNU @code{binutils} 2.25 or later
You must use GNU @code{binutils} (as and ld) to build @theglibc{}.
No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
-moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.27 is the newest
+moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.29.1 is the newest
verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
@item
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you need
this version of the @code{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, @code{texinfo} 6.0 is the newest verified to work
+As of release time, @code{texinfo} 6.5 is the newest verified to work
to build @theglibc{}.
@item
@@ -509,14 +509,15 @@ GNU @code{awk} 3.1.2, or higher
@code{awk} is used in several places to generate files.
Some @code{gawk} extensions are used, including the @code{asorti}
function, which was introduced in version 3.1.2 of @code{gawk}.
-As of release time, @code{gawk} version 4.1.3 is the newest verified
+As of release time, @code{gawk} version 4.2.0 is the newest verified
to work to build @theglibc{}.
@item
GNU @code{bison} 2.7 or later
@code{bison} is used to generate the @code{yacc} parser code in the @file{intl}
-subdirectory.
+subdirectory. As of release time, @code{bison} version 3.0.4 is the newest
+verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
@item
Perl 5
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ GNU @code{sed} 3.02 or newer
@code{Sed} is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts work
with any version of @code{sed}. As of release time, @code{sed} version
-4.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
+4.4 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
@end itemize