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Update INSTALL with latest versions tested to work.
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Carlos O'Donell committed Feb 15, 2016
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2016-02-14 Carlos O'Donelll <carlos@redhat.com>

* manual/install.texi: Latest tested is GCC 5.3, texinfo 6.0, gawk
4.1.3, and sed 4.2.2. Remove po2test.sed comments.
* INSTALL: Regenerate.

2016-02-14 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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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 the GNU C Library, as newer compilers usually produce
better code. As of release time, GCC 4.9.2 is the newest compiler
better code. As of release time, GCC 5.3 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.

You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
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need this version of the '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, 'texinfo' 5.2 is the newest
differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 6.0 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.

* GNU 'awk' 3.1.2, or higher

'awk' is used in several places to generate files. Some 'gawk'
extensions are used, including the 'asorti' function, which was
introduced in version 3.1.2 of 'gawk'.
introduced in version 3.1.2 of 'gawk'. As of release time, 'gawk'
version 4.1.3 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
Library.

* Perl 5

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* GNU 'sed' 3.02 or newer

'Sed' is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts
work with any version of 'sed'. The known exception is the script
'po2test.sed' in the 'intl' subdirectory which is used to generate
'msgs.h' for the test suite. This script works correctly only with
GNU 'sed' 3.02. If you like to run the test suite, you should
definitely upgrade 'sed'.
work with any version of 'sed'. As of release time, 'sed' version
4.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.

If you change any of the 'configure.ac' files you will also need

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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
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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
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@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
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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

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