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Update install.texi latest GCC version known to work [committed]
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:28:31 +0000
- Subject: Update install.texi latest GCC version known to work [committed]
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Committed.
2017-01-18 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
* manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Update GCC version
known to work to build glibc.
* INSTALL: Regenerated.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 55d52c5..3b3fd12 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
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 the GNU C Library, as newer compilers usually produce
- better code. As of release time, GCC 5.3 is the newest compiler
+ better code. As of release time, GCC 6.3 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
For multi-arch support it is recommended to use a GCC which has
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 2657da1..266add8 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ 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 5.3 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
+release time, GCC 6.3 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
@theglibc{}.
For multi-arch support it is recommended to use a GCC which has been built with
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com