install.texi and mips-*-*

Gerald Pfeifer gerald@pfeifer.com
Sun Mar 12 17:32:00 GMT 2017


On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, Moore, Catherine wrote:
>> Okay to yank it?
> Yes, thank you.  

Done per the patch below (committed).

> I will review the rest of the MIPS doc in install.texi this week.

Thank you!

Gerald


2017-03-12  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
 
	* doc/install.texi (Specific) <mips-*-*>: Remove description of
	issue that only occurred with binutils below 2.18.
 
Index: doc/install.texi
===================================================================
--- doc/install.texi	(revision 246078)
+++ doc/install.texi	(working copy)
@@ -4122,14 +4122,6 @@
 @command{configure} option when configuring GCC@.  The default is to
 use traps on systems that support them.
 
-The assembler from GNU binutils 2.17 and earlier has a bug in the way
-it sorts relocations for REL targets (o32, o64, EABI).  This can cause
-bad code to be generated for simple C++ programs.  Also the linker
-from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which causes the
-runtime linker stubs in very large programs to
-be incorrectly generated.  GNU Binutils 2.18 and later (and snapshots
-made after Nov. 9, 2006) should be free from both of these problems.
-
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