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authorCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500
committerCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2016-02-14 20:54:29 -0500
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Update INSTALL with latest versions tested to work.
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index c70ea9f26f..a0d0c058cd 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
      GCC 4.7 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 4.9.2 is the newest compiler
+     better code.  As of release time, GCC 5.3 is the newest compiler
      verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
 
      You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
@@ -384,14 +384,16 @@ build the GNU C Library:
      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' 5.2 is the newest
+     differently.  As of release time, 'texinfo' 6.0 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'.
+     introduced in version 3.1.2 of 'gawk'.  As of release time, 'gawk'
+     version 4.1.3 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
+     Library.
 
    * Perl 5
 
@@ -401,11 +403,8 @@ 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'.  The known exception is the script
-     'po2test.sed' in the 'intl' subdirectory which is used to generate
-     'msgs.h' for the test suite.  This script works correctly only with
-     GNU 'sed' 3.02.  If you like to run the test suite, you should
-     definitely upgrade 'sed'.
+     work with any version of 'sed'.  As of release time, 'sed' version
+     4.2.2 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
 
 If you change any of the 'configure.ac' files you will also need