On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 4:52 AM Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com> wrote: > > When I updated one of the links yesterday I noticed we have this obsolete > reference to GCC 4.0.1 and binutils 2.15.90.0.1.1 from 19 (nineteen) years > ago. > > I suggest we remove these. >
Instead of just removing it, I wonder if it might be worthwhile to just bump the version numbers to something more recent? What's the current minimum version of binutils that libstdc++ requires? > Okay? > > Gerald > > > libstdc++-v3: > * doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml: Remove note from the GCC 4.0.1 > days. > * doc/html/manual/setup.html: Regenerate. > > diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/setup.html > b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/setup.html > index 78d2a00c50a..d8c5ff65cff 100644 > --- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/setup.html > +++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/setup.html > @@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ > the tools you will need if you wish to modify the source. > </p><p> > Additional data is given here only where it applies to libstdc++. > - </p><p>As of GCC 4.0.1 the minimum version of binutils required to build > - libstdc++ is <code class="code">2.15.90.0.1.1</code>. > - Older releases of libstdc++ do not require such a recent version, > - but to take full advantage of useful space-saving features and > + </p><p>To take full advantage of useful space-saving features and > bug-fixes you should use a recent binutils whenever possible. > The configure process will automatically detect and use these > features if the underlying support is present. > diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml > b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml > index a3c6e732a77..0efe63bcd46 100644 > --- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml > +++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/prerequisites.xml > @@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ > Additional data is given here only where it applies to libstdc++. > </para> > > - <para>As of GCC 4.0.1 the minimum version of binutils required to build > - libstdc++ is <code>2.15.90.0.1.1</code>. > - Older releases of libstdc++ do not require such a recent version, > - but to take full advantage of useful space-saving features and > + <para>To take full advantage of useful space-saving features and > bug-fixes you should use a recent binutils whenever possible. > The configure process will automatically detect and use these > features if the underlying support is present.
