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Re: Require GCC 4.4 or later to build glibc
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:10:40 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Require GCC 4.4 or later to build glibc
- References: <Pine dot LNX dot 4 dot 64 dot 1306262124550 dot 30407 at digraph dot polyomino dot org dot uk> <20130626222025 dot 3B7A32C080 at topped-with-meat dot com> <201306261847 dot 58566 dot vapier at gentoo dot org>
> > Agreed. Each individual release can say somewhere that goes into the
> > tarball what the latest version it has been built and tested with at the
> > time of release is.
>
> we have that info somewhat in the wiki with the testing results matrix. i
> don't like having static released tarballs refer to a wiki entry that can go
> away in X years, but maybe i'm just pessimistic.
People who get the tarball (and possibly keep it for N years) should not
need to go out to the web to find essential information about the release
in that tarball. That's why we have the INSTALL file in the tarball.