https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=122638
Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
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--- Comment #5 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to [email protected] from comment #2)
> macOS is a different beast, though: 10.13 and 12 both have ancient 4.8
> bundled, while 26 apparently doesn't bundle makeinfo any longer. Given
> that, I'd suggest 5.0 is fine since one has to build your own anyway.
> It's Iain's call in the end.
>
> IIRC the makeinfo step is skipped if there's no makeinfo present. Maybe
> we should check for a matching version somewhere instead of relying on
> install.texi alone?
>
> So for me, 5.0 would be perfectly fine and quite reasonable.
Not everyone is on 26 yet, though, so some people might still be on machines
that have the shipped 4.8 on them. I think bumping the requirement from 4.7 to
4.8 would be as far as I'd be comfortable going for the next release.
