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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-27 23:07:59 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-27 23:07:59 +0000
commit0e7727f71db5d393cf7374704d62d7ff23992950 (patch)
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downloadglibc-0e7727f71db5d393cf7374704d62d7ff23992950.tar.gz
Require GCC 4.3 or later.
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@@ -279,22 +279,13 @@ build the GNU C library:
recommend GNU `make' version 3.79. All earlier versions have
severe bugs or lack features.
- * GCC 3.4 or newer, GCC 4.1 recommended
-
- 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. 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.
+ * GCC 4.3 or newer, GCC 4.6 recommended
+
+ GCC 4.3 or higher is required; as of this writing, GCC 4.6 is the
+ compiler we advise to use to build the GNU C library.
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
- their floating-point support that may be triggered by the math
- library.
+ use GNU libc.
Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular
platforms.