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* [pushed] doc: FreeBSD no longer has a GNU toolchain in base
@ 2024-05-01 14:27 Gerald Pfeifer
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From: Gerald Pfeifer @ 2024-05-01 14:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-patches; +Cc: Rainer Orth, Jonathan Wakely, Lorenzo Salvadore

The recent thread on building on FreeBSD made me release there's quite 
some cruft to remove (and a note to add) regarding that.

Pushed (and more to come).

Gerald


gcc:
	PR target/69374
	PR target/112959
	* doc/install.texi (Specific) <*-*-freebsd*>: No longer refer
	to GCC or binutils in base. Recommend bootstrap using binutils.
---
 gcc/doc/install.texi | 15 +++++----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 4119304f66a..b1d28dcb03b 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -4092,16 +4092,11 @@ This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
 We support FreeBSD using the ELF file format with DWARF 2 debugging
 for all CPU architectures.  There are
 no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
-debugging formats.  Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match
-more of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of
-GCC@.  In particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by
-default.  However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the
-system compiler with this release.
-
-The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} probably works
-with this release of GCC@.  Bootstrapping against the latest GNU
-binutils and/or the version found in @file{/usr/ports/devel/binutils} has
-been known to enable additional features and improve overall testsuite
+debugging formats.
+
+We recommend bootstrapping against the latest GNU binutils or the
+version found in the @file{devel/binutils} port. This also has been
+known to enable additional features and improve overall testsuite
 results.
 
 @html
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