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authorCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500
committerCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500
commit2c8f75f79bd6f3f4b3400a9f1a01a75e3086006b (patch)
treec74ee8fd5d0bdbd29cf77cacafa6f3306c695ad9 /manual
parent3c47c83a9730c20e602694505b9278c25637b0d0 (diff)
Update INSTALL with latest versions tested to work.
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-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi13
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index de9d270488..b329950ff0 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ GCC 4.7 or newer
GCC 4.7 or higher is required. In general it is recommended to use
the newest version of the compiler that is known to work for building
@theglibc{}, as newer compilers usually produce better code. As of
-release time, GCC 4.9.2 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
+release time, GCC 5.3 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
@theglibc{}.
You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you need
this version of the @code{texinfo} package. Earlier versions do not
understand all the tags used in the document, and the installation
mechanism for the info files is not present or works differently.
-As of release time, @code{texinfo} 5.2 is the newest verified to work
+As of release time, @code{texinfo} 6.0 is the newest verified to work
to build @theglibc{}.
@item
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ GNU @code{awk} 3.1.2, or higher
@code{awk} is used in several places to generate files.
Some @code{gawk} extensions are used, including the @code{asorti}
function, which was introduced in version 3.1.2 of @code{gawk}.
+As of release time, @code{gawk} version 4.1.3 is the newest verified
+to work to build @theglibc{}.
@item
Perl 5
@@ -448,11 +450,8 @@ installation. We may decide to use it elsewhere in the future.
GNU @code{sed} 3.02 or newer
@code{Sed} is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts work
-with any version of @code{sed}. The known exception is the script
-@code{po2test.sed} in the @code{intl} subdirectory which is used to
-generate @code{msgs.h} for the test suite. This script works correctly
-only with GNU @code{sed} 3.02. If you like to run the test suite, you
-should definitely upgrade @code{sed}.
+with any version of @code{sed}. As of release time, @code{sed} version
+4.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
@end itemize