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- better code. As of release time, GCC 4.9 is the newest compiler
+ better code. As of release time, GCC 4.9.2 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
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No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
- moment.
+ moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.25 is the newest
+ verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'texinfo' 4.7 or later
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not understand all the tags used in the document, and the
installation mechanism for the info files is not present or works
- differently.
+ differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 5.2 is the newest
+ verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'awk' 3.1.2, or higher