From 8a509ffd284dd6ff7599ac97200582d4e4570e6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Orth Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:03:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] install.texi (Specific, [...]): Update for binutils 2.21. * doc/install.texi (Specific, alpha*-dec-osf5.1): Update for binutils 2.21. (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.[89]): Likewise. (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.10): Likewise. (Specific, mips-sgi-irix6): Likewise. (Specific, *-*-solaris2*): Remove Sun Studio download URL. Update for binutils 2.21. From-SVN: r171216 --- gcc/ChangeLog | 10 ++++++++++ gcc/doc/install.texi | 17 ++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 030c32f08f7..9302e3a52c8 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +2011-03-21 Rainer Orth + + * doc/install.texi (Specific, alpha*-dec-osf5.1): Update for + binutils 2.21. + (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.[89]): Likewise. + (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.10): Likewise. + (Specific, mips-sgi-irix6): Likewise. + (Specific, *-*-solaris2*): Remove Sun Studio download URL. + Update for binutils 2.21. + 2011-03-21 Rainer Orth * configure.ac (gcc_cv_lto_plugin): Fix typo. diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 1312203dc5d..e0246dd6c31 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ or applying the patch in the OS version used, you need a data segment size between 512 MB and 1 GB, so simply use @command{ulimit -Sd unlimited}. -As of GNU binutils 2.20.1, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld} +As of GNU binutils 2.21, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld} are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with @option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}. @@ -3533,7 +3533,7 @@ The Sun assembler in Solaris 8 and 9 has several bugs and limitations. While GCC works around them, several features are missing, so it is @c FIXME: which ones? recommended to use the GNU assembler instead. There is no bundled -version, but the current version, from GNU binutils 2.20.1, is known to +version, but the current version, from GNU binutils 2.21, is known to work. Solaris@tie{}2/x86 doesn't support the execution of SSE/SSE2 instructions @@ -3559,7 +3559,7 @@ It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler, in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. The versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19, work fine, although the current version, from GNU binutils -2.20.1, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in +2.21, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in @file{/usr/ccs/bin/as} work almost as well, though. @c FIXME: as patch requirements? @@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ For linking, the Sun linker, is preferred. If you want to use the GNU linker instead, which is available in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gld}, note that due to a packaging bug the version in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, cannot be used, while the version in Solaris 11, from GNU binutils -2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.20.1. +2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.21. To use GNU @command{as}, configure with the options @option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=@//usr/@/sfw/@/bin/@/gas}. It may be necessary @@ -3996,7 +3996,7 @@ Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you have the 64-bit libraries installed. GCC must be configured with GNU @command{as}. The latest version, from GNU -binutils 2.20.1, is known to work. On the other hand, bootstrap fails +binutils 2.21, is known to work. On the other hand, bootstrap fails with GNU @command{ld} at least since GNU binutils 2.17. The @option{--enable-libgcj} @@ -4139,8 +4139,7 @@ supported as cross-compilation target only. Support for Solaris 7 has been removed in GCC 4.6. Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2, though you can download -the Sun Studio compilers for free from -@uref{http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/}. Alternatively, +the Sun Studio compilers for free. Alternatively, you can install a pre-built GCC to bootstrap and install GCC. See the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details. @@ -4183,7 +4182,7 @@ We recommend the use of the Sun assembler or the GNU assembler, in conjunction with the Sun linker. The GNU @command{as} versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19, are known to work. They can be found in -@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.20.1) +@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.21) are known to work as well. Note that your mileage may vary if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while the combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work, @@ -4192,7 +4191,7 @@ cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs. @c FIXME: still? GNU @command{ld} usually works as well, although the version included in Solaris 10 cannot be used due to several bugs. Again, the current -version (2.20.1) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific +version (2.21) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific features, so better stay with Sun @command{ld}. To enable symbol versioning in @samp{libstdc++} with Sun @command{ld}, -- 2.30.2