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| author | Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> | 2010-05-05 10:14:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> | 2010-05-05 10:24:31 +0200 |
| commit | 70c9476e834802806e327882f4530e10555cb3a8 (patch) | |
| tree | e4bbdd897e47745eecdb62a8ccc5bd8f7fc83cf4 | |
| parent | 3155f066219acaa9e7f8b8a3737f336f98e978b9 (diff) | |
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Regenerate INSTALL
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-05-05 Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> + + * INSTALL: Regenerate. + 2010-05-05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h: Alpha doesn't have to be @@ -298,16 +298,16 @@ build the GNU C library: * GCC 3.4 or newer, GCC 4.1 recommended - The GNU C library can only be compiled with the GNU C compiler - family. For the 2.3 releases, GCC 3.2 or higher is required; GCC - 3.4 is the compiler we advise to use for 2.3 versions. For the - 2.4 release, GCC 3.4 or higher is required; as of this writing, - GCC 4.1 is the compiler we advise to use for current versions. On - certain machines including `powerpc64', compilers prior to GCC 4.0 - have bugs that prevent them compiling the C library code in the - 2.4 release. On other machines, GCC 4.1 is required to build the C - library with support for the correct `long double' type format; - these include `powerpc' (32 bit), `s390' and `s390x'. + For the 2.4 release or later, GCC 3.4 or higher is required; as of + this writing, GCC 4.4 is the compiler we advise to use for current + versions. On certain machines including `powerpc64', compilers + prior to GCC 4.0 have bugs that prevent them compiling the C + library code in the 2.4 release. On other machines, GCC 4.1 is + required to build the C library with support for the correct `long + double' type format; these include `powerpc' (32 bit), `s390' and + `s390x'. For other architectures special compiler-provided + headers are needed (like `cpuid.h' on x86) which only come with + later compiler versions. You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use GNU libc, but be aware that both GCC 2.7 and 2.8 have bugs in |