Require binutils 2.20 or later.

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 297d1b5c8e..52e4d8159f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2012-03-01  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
+	* configure.in (AS, LD): Require binutils 2.20 or later.
+	* configure: Regenerated.
+	* manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Give binutils 2.20
+	as required minimum version.
+	* INSTALL: Regenerated.
+
 	[BZ #2541]
 	[BZ #4108]
 	* sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_erff.c (__erfcf): Mask out one more bit
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 748b2d3856..737a44d462 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
      Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular
      platforms.
 
-   * GNU `binutils' 2.15 or later
+   * GNU `binutils' 2.20 or later
 
      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
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bed2842c52..7c5acce6bc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4618,7 +4618,7 @@ $as_echo "$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu" >&6; }
 gnu_ld=$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu
 
 
-# Accept binutils 2.13 or newer.
+# Accept binutils 2.20 or newer.
 for ac_prog in $AS
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
@@ -4670,7 +4670,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking version of $AS... " >&6; }
   ac_prog_version=`$AS --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-    2.1[3-9]*|2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*)
+    2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*)
        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
 
@@ -4733,7 +4733,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking version of $LD... " >&6; }
   ac_prog_version=`$LD --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU ld.* \([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-    2.1[3-9]*|2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*)
+    2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*)
        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3300055258..7ebeba4df8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -921,13 +921,13 @@ AC_PROG_LN_S
 LIBC_PROG_BINUTILS
 AC_SUBST(MIG)dnl Needed by sysdeps/mach/configure.in
 
-# Accept binutils 2.13 or newer.
+# Accept binutils 2.20 or newer.
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(AS, $AS, --version,
 		  [GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
-		  [2.1[3-9]*|2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as")
+		  [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as")
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(LD, $LD, --version,
 		  [GNU ld.* \([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
-		  [2.1[3-9]*|2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing ld")
+		  [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.[2-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing ld")
 
 # These programs are version sensitive.
 AC_CHECK_TOOL_PREFIX
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index f633b4d2ac..03cab71845 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
 Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular platforms.
 
 @item
-GNU @code{binutils} 2.15 or later
+GNU @code{binutils} 2.20 or later
 
 You must use GNU @code{binutils} (as and ld) to build @theglibc{}.
 No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the