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authorCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500
committerCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500
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Update INSTALL with latest versions tested to work.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--INSTALL15
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi13
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b481aa5f80..a2b394e432 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-02-14 Carlos O'Donelll <carlos@redhat.com>
+
+ * manual/install.texi: Latest tested is GCC 5.3, texinfo 6.0, gawk
+ 4.1.3, and sed 4.2.2. Remove po2test.sed comments.
+ * INSTALL: Regenerate.
+
2016-02-14 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index c70ea9f26f..a0d0c058cd 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
GCC 4.7 or higher is required. In general it is recommended to use
the newest version of the compiler that is known to work for
building the GNU C Library, as newer compilers usually produce
- better code. As of release time, GCC 4.9.2 is the newest compiler
+ better code. As of release time, GCC 5.3 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
@@ -384,14 +384,16 @@ build the GNU C Library:
need this version of the 'texinfo' package. Earlier versions do
not understand all the tags used in the document, and the
installation mechanism for the info files is not present or works
- differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 5.2 is the newest
+ differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 6.0 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'awk' 3.1.2, or higher
'awk' is used in several places to generate files. Some 'gawk'
extensions are used, including the 'asorti' function, which was
- introduced in version 3.1.2 of 'gawk'.
+ introduced in version 3.1.2 of 'gawk'. As of release time, 'gawk'
+ version 4.1.3 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
+ Library.
* Perl 5
@@ -401,11 +403,8 @@ build the GNU C Library:
* GNU 'sed' 3.02 or newer
'Sed' is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts
- work with any version of 'sed'. The known exception is the script
- 'po2test.sed' in the 'intl' subdirectory which is used to generate
- 'msgs.h' for the test suite. This script works correctly only with
- GNU 'sed' 3.02. If you like to run the test suite, you should
- definitely upgrade 'sed'.
+ work with any version of 'sed'. As of release time, 'sed' version
+ 4.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
If you change any of the 'configure.ac' files you will also need
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index de9d270488..b329950ff0 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ GCC 4.7 or newer
GCC 4.7 or higher is required. In general it is recommended to use
the newest version of the compiler that is known to work for building
@theglibc{}, as newer compilers usually produce better code. As of
-release time, GCC 4.9.2 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
+release time, GCC 5.3 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
@theglibc{}.
You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you need
this version of the @code{texinfo} package. Earlier versions do not
understand all the tags used in the document, and the installation
mechanism for the info files is not present or works differently.
-As of release time, @code{texinfo} 5.2 is the newest verified to work
+As of release time, @code{texinfo} 6.0 is the newest verified to work
to build @theglibc{}.
@item
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ GNU @code{awk} 3.1.2, or higher
@code{awk} is used in several places to generate files.
Some @code{gawk} extensions are used, including the @code{asorti}
function, which was introduced in version 3.1.2 of @code{gawk}.
+As of release time, @code{gawk} version 4.1.3 is the newest verified
+to work to build @theglibc{}.
@item
Perl 5
@@ -448,11 +450,8 @@ installation. We may decide to use it elsewhere in the future.
GNU @code{sed} 3.02 or newer
@code{Sed} is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts work
-with any version of @code{sed}. The known exception is the script
-@code{po2test.sed} in the @code{intl} subdirectory which is used to
-generate @code{msgs.h} for the test suite. This script works correctly
-only with GNU @code{sed} 3.02. If you like to run the test suite, you
-should definitely upgrade @code{sed}.
+with any version of @code{sed}. As of release time, @code{sed} version
+4.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
@end itemize