Georg-Johann Lay writes:

> On 08.08.2016 10:24, Senthil Kumar Selvaraj wrote:
>> 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>
>>
>>  <!-- .................................................................. -->
>
>
> Maybe mention that also GCC 6.2 or higher is needed?  After all, it's a bug 
> in 
> the compiler and using respective Binutils without a fixed compiler is 
> pointless...

Ah, I thought the existing page would stay unmodified and my changes would
show up only for 6.2+ :(. I'll say

"With GCC 6.2 and later, the AVR port requires...".

Sounds good to you?

Regards
Senthil

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