* [PATCH] bootstrap/106482 - document minimal GCC version
@ 2022-12-22 14:54 Richard Biener
2022-12-22 14:58 ` Jakub Jelinek
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Richard Biener @ 2022-12-22 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-patches; +Cc: Jakub Jelinek
There's no explicit mention of what GCC compiler supports C++11
and the cross compiler build requirement mentions GCC 4.8 but not
GCC 4.8.3 which is the earliest known version to not run into
C++11 implementation bugs. The following adds explicit wording.
OK for trunk?
Thanks,
Richard.
PR bootstrap/106482
* doc/install.texi (ISO C++11 Compiler): Document GCC version
known to work.
---
gcc/doc/install.texi | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 5c0214b4e62..fc3a3cba552 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ described below.
@heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
@table @asis
@item ISO C++11 compiler
-Necessary to bootstrap GCC.
+Necessary to bootstrap GCC. GCC 4.8.3 or newer has sufficient
+support for used C++11 features, with earlier GCC versions you
+might run into implementation bugs.
Versions of GCC prior to 11 also allow bootstrapping with an ISO C++98
compiler, versions of GCC prior to 4.8 also allow bootstrapping with a
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ 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 4.8 or later) because source code for language
+GCC binary (version 4.8.3 or later) because source code for language
frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
@item C standard library and headers
--
2.35.3
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* Re: [PATCH] bootstrap/106482 - document minimal GCC version
2022-12-22 14:54 [PATCH] bootstrap/106482 - document minimal GCC version Richard Biener
@ 2022-12-22 14:58 ` Jakub Jelinek
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Jelinek @ 2022-12-22 14:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Biener; +Cc: gcc-patches
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 03:54:03PM +0100, Richard Biener wrote:
> There's no explicit mention of what GCC compiler supports C++11
> and the cross compiler build requirement mentions GCC 4.8 but not
> GCC 4.8.3 which is the earliest known version to not run into
> C++11 implementation bugs. The following adds explicit wording.
>
> OK for trunk?
>
> Thanks,
> Richard.
>
> PR bootstrap/106482
> * doc/install.texi (ISO C++11 Compiler): Document GCC version
> known to work.
LGTM, thanks.
Jakub
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