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| author | Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> | 2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500 |
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| committer | Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> | 2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500 |
| commit | 2c8f75f79bd6f3f4b3400a9f1a01a75e3086006b (patch) | |
| tree | c74ee8fd5d0bdbd29cf77cacafa6f3306c695ad9 /manual | |
| parent | 3c47c83a9730c20e602694505b9278c25637b0d0 (diff) | |
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Update INSTALL with latest versions tested to work.
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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index de9d270..b329950 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ GCC 4.7 or newer GCC 4.7 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 4.9.2 is the newest compiler verified to work to build +release time, GCC 5.3 is the newest compiler verified to work to build @theglibc{}. You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ 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} 5.2 is the newest verified to work +As of release time, @code{texinfo} 6.0 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item @@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ 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 +to work to build @theglibc{}. @item Perl 5 @@ -448,11 +450,8 @@ installation. We may decide to use it elsewhere in the future. 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}. The known exception is the script -@code{po2test.sed} in the @code{intl} subdirectory which is used to -generate @code{msgs.h} for the test suite. This script works correctly -only with GNU @code{sed} 3.02. If you like to run the test suite, you -should definitely upgrade @code{sed}. +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{}. @end itemize |