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authorPaul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2020-03-05 09:32:08 -0600
committerPaul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2020-04-30 08:52:08 -0500
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powerpc64le: bump binutils version requirement to >= 2.26
This is a small step up from 2.25 which brings in support for
rewriting the .gnu.attributes section of libc/libm.so.

Reviewed-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.ibm.com>
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@@ -533,6 +533,10 @@ No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
 moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.32 is the newest
 verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
 
+For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), @command{objcopy} is required
+to support @option{--update-section}.  This option requires binutils 2.26 or
+newer.
+
 @item
 GNU @code{texinfo} 4.7 or later