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Don't recommend specific GCC version in installation documentation
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:17:14 +0000
- Subject: Don't recommend specific GCC version in installation documentation
This patch stops the installation documentation from recommending a
specific, typically out-of-date, version of GCC for building glibc.
Tested x86_64.
2013-06-28 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
* manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Recommend current
stable GCC rather than a specific version number.
* INSTALL: Regenerated.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a749293..a211552 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ build the GNU C Library:
recommend GNU `make' version 3.79. All earlier versions have
severe bugs or lack features.
- * GCC 4.4 or newer, GCC 4.6 recommended
+ * GCC 4.4 or newer
- GCC 4.4 or higher is required; as of this writing, GCC 4.6 is the
- compiler we advise to use to build the GNU C Library.
+ GCC 4.4 or higher is required; we advise using the current stable
+ release of GCC to use to build the GNU C Library.
You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
the GNU C Library.
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 96d3bef..3c4e5bc 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -353,10 +353,10 @@ recommend GNU @code{make} version 3.79. All earlier versions have severe
bugs or lack features.
@item
-GCC 4.4 or newer, GCC 4.6 recommended
+GCC 4.4 or newer
-GCC 4.4 or higher is required; as of this writing, GCC 4.6 is the
-compiler we advise to use to build @theglibc{}.
+GCC 4.4 or higher is required; we advise using the current stable
+release of GCC to use to build @theglibc{}.
You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
@theglibc{}.
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com