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From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] build: specify minimum versions of
 gcc and binutils
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:31:59 +0000
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On 11/02/16 12:23, Ian Campbell wrote:
> From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
>
> To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of gcc and
> binutils need to be supported document them explicitly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>

I would be tempted to abbreviate this to GCC 4.1 and Binutls 2.16,
unless we specifically know of issues between the release and point
releases.

Either way, Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

> ---
> v3: [ijc] Updated version for binutils and include gcc (separately for
> x86 and ARM in both cases), deferred make to second patch
> ---
>  README | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 1324c7c..356a350 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ Second, there are a number of prerequisites for building a Xen source
>  release. Make sure you have all the following installed, either by
>  visiting the project webpage or installing a pre-built package
>  provided by your OS distributor:
> -    * GCC v4.1 or later
> +    * GCC
> +      - For x86 4.1.2_20070115 or later
> +      - For ARM 4.8 or later
>      * GNU Make
> -    * GNU Binutils
> +    * GNU Binutils:
> +      - For x86 2.16.91.0.5 or later
> +      - For ARM 2.24 or later
>      * Development install of zlib (e.g., zlib-dev)
>      * Development install of Python v2.3 or later (e.g., python-dev)
>      * Development install of curses (e.g., libncurses-dev)