From 2231b60efc430694aba2d91352984ac51f15c406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:54:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Tools for Compilation): Require binutils 2.13. --- manual/install.texi | 17 ++++------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index bccab88..1c366d5 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -350,20 +350,11 @@ floating-point support that may be triggered by the math library. Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular platforms. @item -GNU @code{binutils} 2.10.1 or later +GNU @code{binutils} 2.13 or later -You must use GNU @code{binutils} (as and ld) if you want to build a shared -library. Even if you don't want to build a shared library, we recommend -you use them anyway. No one has tested compilation with non-GNU -@code{binutils} in a long time. - -The quality of @code{binutils} releases has varied a bit recently. The -bugs are in obscure features, but glibc uses quite a few of those. 2.10.1 -and later releases are known to work. Versions after 2.8.1.0.23 may or -may not work. Older versions definitely don't. - -For PPC you might need some patches even on top of the last -@code{binutils} version. See the FAQ. +You must use GNU @code{binutils} (as and ld) to build the GNU C library. +No other assembler and linker has the necessary functionality in the +moment. @item GNU @code{texinfo} 3.12f -- 2.7.4