[PATCH] make binutils 2.15 the min version for PPC

[Steve Munroe]

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote on 05/26/2004 04:43:16 PM:

> On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 04:36:00PM -0500, Steve Munroe wrote:
> > Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > 
> > > Steve Munroe wrote:
> > >
> > > > How far back does glibc cvs head need to go relative to binutils?
> > >
> > > I don't have problems raising the bar.  This just has to be 
enforced.
> > > 2.15 is out for some time so we could make it a requirement.  This
> > > needs a change to configure, though.
> > 
> > If there are no objections from the community ... a configure patch to 

> > enforce binutils 2.15 as the minimum for PowerPC (32- and 64-bit) is 
> > attached.
> 
> You're matching the version on 2.1[5-9]*; what about 2.20 and 3.0?
> 

It's similar to the test in libc/configure.in line 691:

# Accept binutils 2.13 or newer.
AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(AS, $AS, --version,
                  [GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
                  [2.1[3-9]*], AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as")

So both will have to change, someday. 

When we get there it is likely the glibc base requirement will supersede 
that of PPC and the PPC specific check can be removed.

Steven J. Munroe
Linux on Power Toolchain Architect
IBM Corporation, Linux Technology Center