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[doc] Update install.texi for Solaris 12 rename
- From: Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:54:49 +0200
- Subject: [doc] Update install.texi for Solaris 12 rename
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There's one Solaris 12 reference in install.texi that also needs
adapting for the Solaris 12 -> 11.4 change. However, instead of simply
updating it I chose to update the relevant sections for current binutils
versions.
Tested with make doc/gccinstall.info doc/gccinstall.pdf and visually
inspecting the pdf. Will install on mainline shortly. I've no
intentions of backporting to the gcc-7 and gcc-6 branches, though:
unless something critical comes up, I usually keep branches as is.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
2017-10-26 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
* doc/install.texi (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.10): Simplify gas
2.26 caveat. Update gas and gld versions.
(Specific, *-*-solaris2*): Update binutils version. Remove caveat
reference.
# HG changeset patch
# Parent 944ee8a0ae454d5689607ef4f4abc535f866c766
Update install.texi for Solaris 12 rename
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -3806,12 +3806,10 @@ It is recommended that you configure GCC
versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15 (in
@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}), and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19 or
newer (also available as @file{/usr/bin/gas} and
-@file{/usr/gnu/bin/as}), work fine. Please note that the current
-version, from GNU binutils 2.26, only works on Solaris 12 when using the
-Solaris linker. On Solaris 10 and 11, you either have to wait for GNU
-binutils 2.26.1 or newer, or stay with GNU binutils 2.25.1. Recent
-versions of the Solaris assembler in @file{/usr/ccs/bin/as} work almost
-as well, though.
+@file{/usr/gnu/bin/as}), work fine. The current version, from GNU
+binutils 2.29, is known to work, but the version from GNU binutils 2.26
+must be avoided. Recent versions of the Solaris assembler in
+@file{/usr/ccs/bin/as} work almost as well, though.
@c FIXME: as patch requirements?
For linking, the Solaris linker, is preferred. If you want to use the GNU
@@ -3819,7 +3817,7 @@ linker instead, note that due to a packa
10, from GNU binutils 2.15 (in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gld}), cannot be used,
while the version in Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19 or newer (also
in @file{/usr/gnu/bin/ld} and @file{/usr/bin/gld}), works, as does the
-latest version, from GNU binutils 2.26.
+latest version, from GNU binutils 2.29.
To use GNU @command{as}, configure with the options
@option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=@//usr/@/sfw/@/bin/@/gas}. It may be necessary
@@ -4456,9 +4454,8 @@ versions included in Solaris 10, from GN
@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}), and Solaris 11,
from GNU binutils 2.19 or newer (also in @file{/usr/bin/gas} and
@file{/usr/gnu/bin/as}), are known to work.
-Current versions of GNU binutils (2.26)
-are known to work as well, with the caveat mentioned in
-@uref{#ix86-x-solaris210,,i?86-*-solaris2.10} . Note that your mileage may vary
+The current version, from GNU binutils 2.29,
+is known to work as well. Note that your mileage may vary
if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Solaris tools: while the
combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} may fail to
@@ -4466,7 +4463,7 @@ build or cause memory corruption at runt
@c FIXME: still?
GNU @command{ld} usually works as well, although the version included in
Solaris 10 cannot be used due to several bugs. Again, the current
-version (2.26) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific
+version (2.29) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific
features, so better stay with Solaris @command{ld}. To use the LTO linker
plugin (@option{-fuse-linker-plugin}) with GNU @command{ld}, GNU
binutils @emph{must} be configured with @option{--enable-largefile}.