GCC 6.2 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 8.2.1 is the newest compiler
+ better code. As of release time, GCC 9.1.1 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
For multi-arch support it is recommended to use a GCC which has
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' 6.5 is the newest
+ differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 6.6 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'awk' 3.1.2, or higher
Perl is not required, but if present it is used in some tests and
the 'mtrace' program, to build the GNU C Library manual. As of
- release time 'perl' version 5.28.1 is the newest verified to work
+ release time 'perl' version 5.28.2 is the newest verified to work
to build the GNU C Library.
* GNU 'sed' 3.02 or newer
* Python 3.4 or later
Python is required to build the GNU C Library. As of release time,
- Python 3.7.1 is the newest verified to work for building and
+ Python 3.7.4 is the newest verified to work for building and
testing the GNU C Library.
* PExpect 4.0
use the pretty printers. Notice that your system having Python
available doesn't imply that GDB supports it, nor that your
system's Python and GDB's have the same version. As of release
- time GNU 'debugger' 8.2 is the newest verified to work to test the
+ time GNU 'debugger' 8.3 is the newest verified to work to test the
pretty printers.
Unless Python, PExpect and GDB with Python support are present, the
call, if possible. This should not be too difficult.
The final step when you have a simple test case is to report the bug.
-Do this at <http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>.
+Do this at <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>.
If you are not sure how a function should behave, and this manual
doesn't tell you, that's a bug in the manual. Report that too! If the