On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 at 17:23, Alexandre Oliva <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 24, 2026, Jonathan Wakely <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 at 10:57, Alexandre Oliva <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> gcc/doc/install.texi states GCC requires make 3.80 to build, so > >> rewrite those bits to avoid the new function. > > > GNU Make 3.81 was 20 years old in April so this is depressing. > > We can bump the requirement if we want to. > > But it's not cool to document a requirement and then not honor it.
Right, we should fix the makefile. But I'm going to start a conversation about bumping the requirement, and then maybe we can revisit this later. But GCC 16 should build with the documented requirement. > More so when the problem comes up late in the build process and in a > very obscure way that doesn't hint that it's a make version issue ;-) > > -- > Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/ > Free Software Activist FSFLA co-founder GNU Toolchain Engineer > More tolerance and less prejudice are key for inclusion and diversity. > Excluding neuro-others for not behaving ""normal"" is *not* inclusive! >
