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Re: ia64-linux binutils requirements?
- From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- To: Dara Hazeghi <dhazeghi at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:00:43 -0700
- Subject: Re: ia64-linux binutils requirements?
- References: <20030718163953.GA582@lucon.org> <20030718171646.44724.qmail@web41112.mail.yahoo.com>
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 10:16:46AM -0700, Dara Hazeghi wrote:
>
> --- "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> wrote:
> > Binutils 2.14 should be ok for most cases. But the
> > Linux binutils
> > 2.14.90.0.4.1 is a better choice for most Linux
> > people.
>
> Thanks for the info. Would you mind making a patch for
> doc/install.texi stating as much? Thanks,
>
Here it is.
H.J.
---
2003-07-17 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* doc/install.texi: Update binutils requirement for
ia64-*-linux.
--- gcc/doc/install.texi.binutils 2003-07-18 10:57:55.000000000 -0700
+++ gcc/doc/install.texi 2003-07-18 10:58:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -2619,6 +2611,11 @@ GCC 3.1 or later is recommended for comp
As of version 3.1 GCC is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no
more major ABI changes are expected.
+We require binutils 2.14 or newer, 2.14.90.0.4.1 or newer is preferred.
+Previous binutils releases had a number of issues with DWARF 2
+debugging information and other bugs. Also the recent Linux kernel
+requires binutils 2.14.90.0.4.1 or newer.
+
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