re PR target/16007 (Use of static template members results in broken executables)

	PR target/16007
	* doc/install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Mention potential problem
	with Sun assembler + GNU linker and C++ programs.
	Document status of binutils 2.15 release.

From-SVN: r88597

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 016d1e0d10cd7a9d7b8fff3a8cdcab4b993b0a41..c44334d8a56d3273d0b54f6991ba3618188be651 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-10-06  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
+
+       PR target/16007
+       * doc/install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Mention potential problem
+       with Sun assembler + GNU linker and C++ programs.
+       Document status of binutils 2.15 release.
+
 2004-09-30  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
  
         * config/alpha/qrnnd.asm: Mark for noexecstack.

diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 86f35c952ddb4312064574b45d2e1a31ccdb5ae5..f31516082135953f5ae4c96ec36c61553e12b63f 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -3098,8 +3098,19 @@ have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
 @file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
 
 All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
-platform.  We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or the vendor
-tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}).
+platform.  We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or later, or the
+vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}).  Note that your mileage
+may vary if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while
+the combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
+the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
+cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
+
+The stock GNU binutils 2.15 release is broken on this platform because of a
+single bug.  It has been fixed on the 2.15 branch in the CVS repository.
+You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_15-branch
+from the CVS repository or applying the patch
+`http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html' to the
+release.
 
 Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
 newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing.  These headers assume