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Re: Binutils 2.9.1 required under Linux?
- To: pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at (Gerald Pfeifer)
- Subject: Re: Binutils 2.9.1 required under Linux?
- From: hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:55:45 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: ulrich dot kunitz at db dot com, law at cygnus dot com, egcs at cygnus dot com, ian at cygnus dot com (Ian Lance Taylor)
>
> On Tue, 3 Nov 1998 ulrich.kunitz@db.com wrote:
> > The 1.1.1 pre-release didn't cause any trouble to me. Please include in the
> > release notes for 1.1.1, that binutils 2.9.1 are required on Linux.
>
> Currently we have
>
> i?86-*-linux*
> You will need binutils-2.8.1.0.15 or newer for exception handling to work.
>
> http://egcs.cygnus.com/install/specific.html. Do we absolutely require
> 2.9.1? Or only for exception handling?
>
> I'll update the web pages accordingly...
>
Given the bugs fixed in binutils 2.9.1.0.15, especially the exception
handling bug in gas, binutils 2.9.1.0.15 or above should be used
for Linux.
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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)