commit 3f6eb9523d9bcdcd344d94589a5cfd457985733c
Author: Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org>
Date: Tue Oct 22 21:05:39 2024 +0200
Document GCC dependency.
---
INSTALL | 3 +--
README | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 61811cc3d7..b7dc910753 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ Requirements
------------
First of all, you will need a C++17 standard conforming compiler, like
-g++ (at least 5.0, to have proper std::regex & std::string) or
-clang++.
+g++ (we suggest at least version 8.0) or clang++.
LyX makes great use of the C++ Standard Library. This means that gcc
users will have to install the relevant libstdc++ library to be able
diff --git a/README b/README
index 1df823f869..fabdbac136 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
* A C++11 compiler. Development is being done mainly with gcc/g++,
but clang and MSVC are known to work too. As of LyX 2.5.0, you
- need at least gcc 5.0.
+ need at least gcc 8.0.
* The Qt library, at least version 5.2 (5.6 recommended). It is
also possible to compile with Qt 6.x.
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