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 13.0 is the newest compiler
+ better code. As of release time, GCC 13.2 is the newest compiler
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), a GCC version with
You must use GNU ‘binutils’ (as and ld) to build the GNU C Library.
No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
- moment. As of release time, GNU ‘binutils’ 2.39 is the newest
+ moment. As of release time, GNU ‘binutils’ 2.41 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), ‘objcopy’ is
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’ 7.0.2 is the newest
+ differently. As of release time, ‘texinfo’ 7.0.3 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’. As of release time, ‘gawk’
- version 5.1.1 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
+ version 5.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
Library.
• GNU ‘bison’ 2.7 or later
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 5.36.0 is the newest verified to work
+ release time ‘perl’ version 5.38.0 is the newest verified to work
to build the GNU C Library.
• GNU ‘sed’ 3.02 or newer
‘Sed’ is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts
work with any version of ‘sed’. As of release time, ‘sed’ version
- 4.8 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
+ 4.9 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
• Python 3.4 or later
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’ 12.1 is the newest verified to work to test the
+ time GNU ‘debugger’ 13.2 is the newest verified to work to test the
pretty printers.
Unless Python, PExpect and GDB with Python support are present, the