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Re: PATCH: FAQ entries on new binutils requirements for glibc-2-2-branch
- From: Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo dot msbb dot uc dot edu>
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 01:53:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: PATCH: FAQ entries on new binutils requirements for glibc-2-2-branch
- References: <200208240418.AAA46033@bromo.msbb.uc.edu>
Ulrich,
Okay. How about this instead?
Jack
ps I deleted the lines about binutils needing ppc
specific patches since that is no longer true.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--- INSTALL Thu Apr 19 13:15:00 2001
+++ INSTALL.new Fri Aug 23 22:51:46 2002
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
For PPC you might need some patches even on top of the last GCC
version. See the FAQ.
- * GNU `binutils' 2.10.1 or later
+ * GNU `binutils' 2.13.90.0.4 or later
You must use GNU binutils (as and ld) if you want to build a shared
library. Even if you don't, we recommend you use them anyway. No
@@ -321,11 +321,12 @@
The quality of binutils releases has varied a bit recently. The
bugs are in obscure features, but glibc uses quite a few of those.
- 2.10.1 and later releases are known to work. Versions after
+ 2.13.90.0.4 and later releases are known to work. Versions after
2.8.1.0.23 may or may not work. Older versions definitely don't.
- For PPC you might need some patches even on top of the last
- binutils version. See the FAQ.
+ Note: The 2.13.90.0.4 release is a Linux specific version from
+ H.J. Lu which may be obtained from the following URL:
+ <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils>.
* GNU `texinfo' 3.12f