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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 63c41b0b8d..b329950ff0 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -157,6 +157,16 @@ By default, dynamic tests are linked to run with the installed C library. This option hardcodes the newly built C library path in dynamic tests so that they can be invoked directly. +@item --disable-timezone-tools +By default, timezone related utilities (@command{zic}, @command{zdump}, +and @command{tzselect}) are installed with @theglibc{}. If you are building +these independently (e.g. by using the @samp{tzcode} package), then this +option will allow disabling the install of these. + +Note that you need to make sure the external tools are kept in sync with +the versions that @theglibc{} expects as the data formats may change over +time. Consult the @file{timezone} subdirectory for more details. + @item --enable-lock-elision=yes Enable lock elision for pthread mutexes by default. @@ -390,12 +400,12 @@ recommend GNU @code{make} version 3.79. All earlier versions have severe bugs or lack features. @item -GCC 4.6 or newer +GCC 4.7 or newer -GCC 4.6 or higher is required. In general it is recommended to use +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 @@ -418,7 +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 @@ -427,6 +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 @@ -438,11 +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 |