library will still be usable, but functionality may be lost--for
example, you can't build a shared libc with old binutils.
-'--with-default-link=FLAG'
- With '--with-default-link=yes', the build system does not use a
- custom linker script for linking shared objects. The default for
- FLAG is the opposite, 'no', because the custom linker script is
+'--with-default-link'
+ With '--with-default-link', the build system does not use a custom
+ linker script for linking shared objects. The default is
+ '--without-default-link', because the custom linker script is
needed for full RELRO protection.
'--with-nonshared-cflags=CFLAGS'
* GNU 'make' 4.0 or newer
- As of relase time, GNU 'make' 4.3 is the newest verified to work to
+ As of relase time, GNU 'make' 4.4 is the newest verified to work to
build the GNU C Library.
* GCC 6.2 or newer
GCC 6.2 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 12.0 is the newest compiler
+ better code. As of release time, GCC 13.0 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), a GCC version with
You must use GNU 'binutils' (as and ld) to build the GNU C Library.
No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
- moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.37 is the newest
+ moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.39 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), 'objcopy' is
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' 6.8 is the newest
+ differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 7.0.2 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'awk' 3.1.2, or higher
Perl is not required, but if present it is used in some tests and
the 'mtrace' program, to build the GNU C Library manual. As of
- release time 'perl' version 5.34.0 is the newest verified to work
+ release time 'perl' version 5.36.0 is the newest verified to work
to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'sed' 3.02 or newer
* Python 3.4 or later
Python is required to build the GNU C Library. As of release time,
- Python 3.10.2 is the newest verified to work for building and
- testing the GNU C Library.
+ Python 3.11 is the newest verified to work for building and testing
+ the GNU C Library.
* PExpect 4.0
use the pretty printers. Notice that your system having Python
available doesn't imply that GDB supports it, nor that your
system's Python and GDB's have the same version. As of release
- time GNU 'debugger' 11.1 is the newest verified to work to test the
+ time GNU 'debugger' 12.1 is the newest verified to work to test the
pretty printers.
Unless Python, PExpect and GDB with Python support are present, the
* GNU 'gettext' 0.10.36 or later
- As of release time, GNU 'gettext' version 0.21 is the newest
+ As of release time, GNU 'gettext' version 0.21.1 is the newest
version verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
You may also need these packages if you upgrade your source tree using
Library with '--prefix=/usr'. If you set some other prefix or allow it
to default to '/usr/local', then all the components are installed there.
- As of release time, Linux version 5.16 is the newest version verified
-to work to build the GNU C Library.
+ As of release time, Linux version 6.1.5 is the newest stable version
+verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
Reporting Bugs
==============