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authorCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2015-02-05 22:56:00 -0500
committerCarlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>2015-02-05 23:14:38 -0500
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glibc 2.21 pre-release update.
Update all translations.

Update contributions in the manual.

Update installation notes with information about newest working tools.

Reconfigure using exactly autoconf 2.69.

Regenerate INSTALL.
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-rw-r--r--manual/contrib.texi7
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi7
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/manual/contrib.texi b/manual/contrib.texi
index d5d85147b6..930d614e9b 100644
--- a/manual/contrib.texi
+++ b/manual/contrib.texi
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ and wide-character support functions (@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.).
 @end itemize
 
 @item
+Richard Earnshaw for continued support and fixes to the various ARM
+machine files.
+
+@item
 Paul Eggert for the @code{mktime} function and for his direction as
 part of @theglibc{} steering committee.
 
@@ -282,6 +286,9 @@ libraries and the port to SGI machines running Irix 4
 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}).
 
 @item
+Torvald Riegel for the implementation of a new semaphore algorithm.
+
+@item
 Pravin Satpute for writing sorting rules for some Indian languages.
 
 @item
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index d8dc3d58c9..a3acfdad55 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ GCC 4.6 or newer
 GCC 4.6 or higher is required.  In general it is recommended to use
 the newest version of the compiler that is known to work for building
 @theglibc{}, as newer compilers usually produce better code.  As of
-release time, GCC 4.9 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
+release time, GCC 4.9.2 is the newest compiler verified to work to build
 @theglibc{}.
 
 You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@ GNU @code{binutils} 2.22 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
-moment.
+moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.25 is the newest
+verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
 
 @item
 GNU @code{texinfo} 4.7 or later
@@ -406,6 +407,8 @@ To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you need
 this version of the @code{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, @code{texinfo} 5.2 is the newest verified to work
+to build @theglibc{}.
 
 @item
 GNU @code{awk} 3.1.2, or higher