From 70c9476e834802806e327882f4530e10555cb3a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Schwab Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 10:14:51 +0200 Subject: Regenerate INSTALL --- INSTALL | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 8d61b3e489..2a58783635 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3