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diff --git a/manual/maint.texi b/manual/maint.texi index c17718111c..3675c4faba 100644 --- a/manual/maint.texi +++ b/manual/maint.texi @@ -206,12 +206,15 @@ On most platforms, the GNU C library can only be compiled with the GNU C compiler. We recommend GCC version 2.7.2 or later; earlier versions may have problems. +On PowerPC, GCC versions dated earlier than 970904 are known not to work +(they crash), including 2.7.2. + @item -@code{binutils} 2.8 +@code{binutils} 2.8.1 Using the GNU @code{binutils} (assembler, linker, and related tools) is preferable when possible, and they are required to build an ELF shared C -library. We recommend @code{binutils} version 2.8 or later; earlier +library. We recommend @code{binutils} version 2.8.1 or later; earlier versions are known to have problems or to not support all architectures. @end itemize @@ -227,6 +230,7 @@ alpha-@var{anything}-linux i@var{x}86-@var{anything}-gnu i@var{x}86-@var{anything}-linux m68k-@var{anything}-linux +powerpc-@var{anything}-linux @end smallexample Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier @@ -898,6 +902,10 @@ David Mosberger-Tang contributed the port to Linux/Alpha (@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}). @item +The port to Linux on PowerPC (@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux}) +was contributed by Geoffrey Keating. + +@item Miles Bader wrote the argp argument-parsing package, and the argz/envz interfaces. |