On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: >> References to dependencies on really, really old versions of >> binutils (talking 10+ years here) which I think we can remove. >> Let me follow-up with some of you with concrete suggestions >> around that. > > The alpha*-*-* section currently has this: > > We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer. > Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2 > debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of > shared libraries. > > Okay to yank this?
I do not recall ever seeing a response, and it's now been two further years, so I went ahead and committed the patch below. Gerald 2019-08-20 Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com> * doc/install.texi (Specific, alpha): Remove note to use binutils 2.11.2 or later. Index: doc/install.texi =================================================================== --- doc/install.texi (revision 274619) +++ doc/install.texi (working copy) @@ -3472,11 +3472,6 @@ This section contains general configuration inform Alpha-based platforms using ELF@. In addition to reading this section, please read all other sections that match your target. -We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer. -Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2 -debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of -shared libraries. - @html <hr /> @end html