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Re: [doc] Improve Perl requirements documentation (PR bootstrap/48135)
- From: Richard Guenther <rguenther at suse dot de>
- To: Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:42:13 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: [doc] Improve Perl requirements documentation (PR bootstrap/48135)
- References: <yddei60hgq9.fsf@manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, Rainer Orth wrote:
> While reviewing PR bootstrap/48135, it came up that the Perl
> requirements in install.texi are inaccurate:
>
> * On some platforms (Darwin, Solaris), Perl is a build-time requirement,
> but documented with the development requirements only.
>
> * On Solaris with symbol versioning enabled, it is always necessary
> since libgomp is versioned and built even in a C-only bootstrap.
>
> The following patch reflects this. Tested during a i386-pc-solaris2.11
> bootstrap.
>
> Ok for mainline and 4.6 branch?
Ok.
> Btw., any word on
>
> [doc] Update install.texi for Solaris 2, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-03/msg01013.html
>
> While I don't need approval for mainline, it would be helpful to get
> this into 4.6, too.
Ok with me.
Thanks,
Richard.
> Thanks.
>
> Rainer
>
>
> 2011-03-19 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
>
> PR bootstrap/48135
> * doc/install.texi (Prerequisites): Move Perl to build
> requirements. Always necessary on Solaris 2 with Sun ld.
>
> diff -r f40ef4501161 gcc/doc/install.texi
> --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi Sat Mar 19 09:09:43 2011 +0100
> +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi Sat Mar 19 10:25:51 2011 +0100
> @@ -303,6 +303,22 @@
> systems' @command{tar} programs will also work, only try GNU
> @command{tar} if you have problems.
>
> +@item Perl version 5.6.1 (or later)
> +
> +Necessary when targetting Darwin, building @samp{libstdc++},
> +and not using @option{--disable-symvers}.
> +Necessary when targetting Solaris 2 with Sun @command{ld} and not using
> +@option{--disable-symvers}. A helper
> +script needs @samp{Glob.pm}, which is missing from @command{perl} 5.005
> +included in Solaris@tie{}8. The bundled @command{perl} in Solaris@tie{}9 and up
> +works.
> +
> +Necessary when regenerating @file{Makefile} dependencies in libiberty.
> +Necessary when regenerating @file{libiberty/functions.texi}.
> +Necessary when generating manpages from Texinfo manuals.
> +Used by various scripts to generate some files included in SVN (mainly
> +Unicode-related and rarely changing) from source tables.
> +
> @item GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) version 4.3.2 (or later)
>
> Necessary to build GCC@. If you do not have it installed in your
> @@ -447,21 +463,6 @@
> Necessary to access the SVN repository. Public releases and weekly
> snapshots of the development sources are also available via FTP@.
>
> -@item Perl version 5.6.1 (or later)
> -
> -Necessary when regenerating @file{Makefile} dependencies in libiberty.
> -Necessary when regenerating @file{libiberty/functions.texi}.
> -Necessary when generating manpages from Texinfo manuals.
> -Necessary when targetting Darwin, building @samp{libstdc++},
> -and not using @option{--disable-symvers}.
> -Necessary when targetting Solaris 2 with Sun @command{ld}, building
> -@samp{libstdc++}, and not using @option{--disable-symvers}. A helper
> -scripts needs @samp{Glob.pm}, which is missing from @command{perl} 5.005
> -included in Solaris@tie{}8. The bundled @command{perl} in Solaris@tie{}9 and up
> -works.
> -Used by various scripts to generate some files included in SVN (mainly
> -Unicode-related and rarely changing) from source tables.
> -
> @item GNU diffutils version 2.7 (or later)
>
> Useful when submitting patches for the GCC source code.
>
>
>
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