Hi, This doc patch informs the user that a specific (or higher) version of binutils is a prerequisite for the fix for a rather vexing bug (PR 71151) that was fixed for 6.2.
I've added it to the Caveats section; is there a better place? If not, ok to commit? Regards Senthil Index: changes.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-6/changes.html,v retrieving revision 1.86 diff -u -r1.86 changes.html --- changes.html 20 Jun 2016 10:34:00 -0000 1.86 +++ changes.html 8 Aug 2016 08:17:13 -0000 @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ </ul> </li> + <li><p>The AVR port requires binutils version 2.26.1 or later for the fix + for <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71151">PR71151</a> + to work.</p></li> + </ul> <!-- .................................................................. -->