This follows from the discussion here: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2015-10/msg00082.html .
OK for trunk? --Alan gcc/ChangeLog: doc/install.texi: Add note against GNAT 4.8 on ARM targets. --- gcc/doc/install.texi | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 1fd773e..1ce93d4 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3481,6 +3481,8 @@ require GNU binutils 2.13 or newer. Such subtargets include: @code{arm-*-netbsdelf}, @code{arm-*-*linux-*} and @code{arm-*-rtemseabi}. +Building the Ada frontend commonly fails (an infinite loop executing @code{xsinfo}) if the host compiler is GNAT 4.8. Host compilers built from the GNAT 4.6, 4.9 or 5 release branches are known to succeed. + @html <hr /> @end html -- 1.9.1