I've just reviewed install.texi for my platforms and found it mostly
accurate. A few minor changes are desirable for the 4.6 release, but
also apply to mainline since the file is identical there:
* Update recommendations to binutils 2.21 since this is what I've been
testing.
* Remove download URL for Sun Studio compilers since AFAIK we're not
supposed to link to non-free software.
Tested with make doc/gccinstall.info doc/gccinstall.pdf
`pwd`/HTML/gcc-4.7.0/gccinstall/index.html (the latter seems a bit
contorted to regen just a single html document) and visually inspection.
Ok for mainline and 4.6 branch?
Rainer
2011-03-16 Rainer Orth <r...@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de>
gcc:
* 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.
diff -r 86718f6d9f54 gcc/doc/install.texi
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi Wed Mar 16 08:40:07 2011 +0000
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi Wed Mar 16 19:03:28 2011 +0100
@@ -3102,7 +3102,7 @@
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}.
@@ -3534,7 +3534,7 @@
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
@@ -3560,7 +3560,7 @@
@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?
@@ -3568,7 +3568,7 @@
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
@@ -3997,7 +3997,7 @@
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}
@@ -4140,8 +4140,7 @@
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.
@@ -4184,7 +4183,7 @@
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,
@@ -4193,7 +4192,7 @@
@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},
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
