@heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
@table @asis
@item ISO C++11 compiler
-Necessary to bootstrap GCC.
+Necessary to bootstrap GCC. GCC 4.8.3 or newer has sufficient
+support for used C++11 features, with earlier GCC versions you
+might run into implementation bugs.
Versions of GCC prior to 11 also allow bootstrapping with an ISO C++98
compiler, versions of GCC prior to 4.8 also allow bootstrapping with a
To build all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where
3-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing
-GCC binary (version 4.8 or later) because source code for language
+GCC binary (version 4.8.3 or later) because source code for language
frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
@item C standard library and headers