[PATCH 1/2] Require binutils 2.27 or later to build glibc

Joseph Myers joseph@codesourcery.com
Wed Sep 2 17:09:37 GMT 2020


On Wed, 2 Sep 2020, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho via Libc-alpha wrote:

>       You must use GNU 'binutils' (as and ld) to build the GNU C Library.
>       No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
>       moment.  As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.32 is the newest
>       verified to work to build the GNU C Library.

This does not appear to be a regeneration corresponding to the changes in 
install.texi.

> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 06e43e0453..60c4fc73ce 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Version 2.33
>  Major new features:
>  
>  
> +* The minimum GNU Binutils version that can be used to build this version of
> +  the GNU C Library is Binutils 2.27.

This belongs under "Changes to build and runtime requirements:", not 
"Major new features:".

>  You must use GNU @code{binutils} (as and ld) to build @theglibc{}.
>  No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
> -moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.32 is the newest
> +moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.35 is the newest
>  verified to work to build @theglibc{}.

Specficically, this install.texi change is not reflected in the INSTALL 
changes above.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


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