[PATCH][install.texi] Add note against GNAT 4.8 on ARM targets.

Alan Lawrence alan.lawrence@arm.com
Thu Dec 3 15:50:00 GMT 2015


On 16/11/15 15:08, Alan Lawrence wrote:
> This follows from the discussion here: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2015-10/msg00082.html .
>
> OK for trunk?
>
> --Alan
>
> gcc/ChangeLog:
>
> 	doc/install.texi: Add note against GNAT 4.8 on ARM targets.
> ---
>   gcc/doc/install.texi | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
> index 1fd773e..1ce93d4 100644
> --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
> +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
> @@ -3481,6 +3481,8 @@ require GNU binutils 2.13 or newer.  Such subtargets include:
>   @code{arm-*-netbsdelf}, @code{arm-*-*linux-*}
>   and @code{arm-*-rtemseabi}.
>
> +Building the Ada frontend commonly fails (an infinite loop executing @code{xsinfo}) if the host compiler is GNAT 4.8.  Host compilers built from the GNAT 4.6, 4.9 or 5 release branches are known to succeed.
> +
>   @html
>   <hr />
>   @end html
>

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