From: Richard Biener Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:19:21 +0000 (+0000) Subject: re PR other/54324 (GCC install document does not list minimum required g++ version) X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=477a24c1c7313bf2a3ee06d2b19ad59724058b83;p=gcc.git re PR other/54324 (GCC install document does not list minimum required g++ version) 2012-12-11 Richard Biener PR other/54324 * doc/install.texi (Tools/packages necessary for building GCC): State ISO C++98 host compiler requirement. Increment minimum GCC version required for building all languages for a cross-compiler to 3.4 or later. From-SVN: r194389 --- diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index fc1a8276214..db3b60f03e0 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2012-12-11 Richard Biener + + PR other/54324 + * doc/install.texi (Tools/packages necessary for building GCC): + State ISO C++98 host compiler requirement. Increment minimum + GCC version required for building all languages for a cross-compiler + to 3.4 or later. + 2012-12-11 Richard Biener PR tree-optimization/55079 diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 736ec2fad9b..e534216b084 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -243,13 +243,15 @@ described below. @heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC @table @asis -@item ISO C90 compiler +@item ISO C++98 compiler Necessary to bootstrap GCC, although versions of GCC prior -to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler. +to 4.8 also allow bootstrapping with a ISO C89 compiler and versions +of GCC prior to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional +(K&R) C compiler. 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 2.95 or later) because source code for language +GCC binary (version 3.4 or later) because source code for language frontends other than C might use GCC extensions. @item GNAT