From patchwork Wed Sep 2 15:37:25 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho X-Patchwork-Id: 40353 X-Patchwork-Delegate: joseph@codesourcery.com Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@sourceware.org Delivered-To: patchwork@sourceware.org Received: from server2.sourceware.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03A7F3894C18; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:37:43 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 03A7F3894C18 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sourceware.org; s=default; t=1599061063; bh=+8vYdpBAh4GH6rc0xek/x9Svaei8OewE6/EL/WFmOKU=; h=To:Subject:Date:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post: List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:From; b=SpRgF4l8Q4kX5/crnG9W60smQU7YttPy4ivzHgc0AlF0/PROJN/R5pmLEggT/ybgF 7tM5aLmy5Z3t4LGOyaZVFIGS5IAI7coJiitJi+nswviGhv1RrBeSSwM8UtC1w0Hk4O Ewl5FvZ0iLV/tR0pyyNiicB1k1RM6+nQuXlDemhQ= X-Original-To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Delivered-To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com [148.163.156.1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D26BA3870891 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:37:37 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org D26BA3870891 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098394.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 082FXWHn123624 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 11:37:37 -0400 Received: from ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com (aa.5b.37a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com [169.55.91.170]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 33aa408www-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:37:36 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 082FRRRM016623 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:37:35 GMT Received: from b03cxnp08027.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03cxnp08027.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.19]) by ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com with ESMTP id 337en9rv6r-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:37:35 +0000 Received: from b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.235]) by b03cxnp08027.gho.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id 082FbVaH33227386 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:37:31 GMT Received: from b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F0F678067 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:37:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 978C778064 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:37:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from linux.ibm.com (unknown [9.65.220.206]) by b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:37:33 +0000 (GMT) To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Require binutils 2.27 or later to build glibc Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 12:37:25 -0300 Message-Id: <20200902153726.237493-1-tuliom@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.235, 18.0.687 definitions=2020-09-02_09:2020-09-02, 2020-09-02 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 mlxscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 clxscore=1015 adultscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 priorityscore=1501 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2006250000 definitions=main-2009020148 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_EF, GIT_PATCH_0, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Patchwork-Original-From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho via Libc-alpha From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho Reply-To: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho Errors-To: libc-alpha-bounces@sourceware.org Sender: "Libc-alpha" I believe this is a cautious update considering the last update on binutils requirements was in 2017. However, I did not find any other code that could be removed if we started requiring binutils 2.30. Notice the ARC port requires binutils 2.32. ---8<--- Start requiring binutils >= 2.27 instead of 2.25. A test for binutils 2.26 is removed from powerpc64le. Tested on powerpc64le and x86_64. --- INSTALL | 6 +-- NEWS | 3 ++ configure | 6 +-- configure.ac | 6 +-- manual/install.texi | 8 +-- sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure | 64 ----------------------- sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac | 7 --- 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 41f5d6b708..74aebff697 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -487,17 +487,13 @@ build the GNU C Library: Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular platforms. - * GNU 'binutils' 2.25 or later + * GNU 'binutils' 2.27 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 moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.32 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. - For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), 'objcopy' is - required to support '--update-section'. This option requires - binutils 2.26 or newer. - ARC architecture needs 'binutils' 2.32 or higher for TLS related fixes. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 06e43e0453..60c4fc73ce 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Version 2.33 Major new features: +* The minimum GNU Binutils version that can be used to build this version of + the GNU C Library is Binutils 2.27. + * Support for the RISC-V ISA running on Linux has been expanded to run on 32-bit hardware. This is supported for the following ISA and ABI pairs: diff --git a/configure b/configure index 4795e721e5..7b01e72e0d 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -4514,7 +4514,7 @@ $as_echo "$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu" >&6; } gnu_ld=$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu -# Accept binutils 2.25 or newer. +# Accept binutils 2.27 or newer. for ac_prog in $AS do # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args. @@ -4566,7 +4566,7 @@ $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 $ac_prog_version in '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;; - 2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[5-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*) + 2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[7-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;; *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;; @@ -4696,7 +4696,7 @@ $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 $ac_prog_version in '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;; - 2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[5-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*) + 2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[7-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;; *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;; diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 93e68fb696..6bc98e9ab1 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -958,10 +958,10 @@ AC_PROG_LN_S LIBC_PROG_BINUTILS -# Accept binutils 2.25 or newer. +# Accept binutils 2.27 or newer. AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(AS, $AS, --version, [GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)], - [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[5-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], + [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[7-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as") if test -n "`$LD --version | sed -n 's/^GNU \(gold\).*$/\1/p'`"; then @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ if test -n "`$LD --version | sed -n 's/^GNU \(gold\).*$/\1/p'`"; then else AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(LD, $LD, --version, [GNU ld.* \([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)], - [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[5-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], + [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[7-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing GNU ld") fi diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 735e99bb03..5131422727 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -528,17 +528,13 @@ You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular platforms. @item -GNU @code{binutils} 2.25 or later +GNU @code{binutils} 2.27 or later You must use GNU @code{binutils} (as and ld) to build @theglibc{}. No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the -moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.32 is the newest +moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.35 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. -For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), @command{objcopy} is required -to support @option{--update-section}. This option requires binutils 2.26 or -newer. - ARC architecture needs @code{binutils} 2.32 or higher for TLS related fixes. @item diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure index 98a4889945..cd48cd9661 100644 --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure @@ -117,68 +117,4 @@ if test "$libc_cv_compiler_powerpc64le_ldbl128_mabi" == "no"; then : critic_missing="$critic_missing The compiler must support -mabi=ieeelongdouble and -mlongdouble simultaneously." fi -for ac_prog in $OBJCOPY -do - # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args. -set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2 -{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5 -$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; } -if ${ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY+:} false; then : - $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6 -else - if test -n "$OBJCOPY"; then - ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY="$OBJCOPY" # Let the user override the test. -else -as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR -for as_dir in $PATH -do - IFS=$as_save_IFS - test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=. - for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do - if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then - ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY="$ac_prog" - $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5 - break 2 - fi -done - done -IFS=$as_save_IFS - -fi -fi -OBJCOPY=$ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY -if test -n "$OBJCOPY"; then - { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $OBJCOPY" >&5 -$as_echo "$OBJCOPY" >&6; } -else - { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5 -$as_echo "no" >&6; } -fi - - - test -n "$OBJCOPY" && break -done - -if test -z "$OBJCOPY"; then - ac_verc_fail=yes -else - # Found it, now check the version. - { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking version of $OBJCOPY" >&5 -$as_echo_n "checking version of $OBJCOPY... " >&6; } - ac_prog_version=`$OBJCOPY --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU objcopy.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'` - case $ac_prog_version in - '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;; - 2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[6-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*) - ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;; - *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;; - - esac - { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_prog_version" >&5 -$as_echo "$ac_prog_version" >&6; } -fi -if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then - AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing objcopy >= 2.26 is required on powerpc64le" -fi - - test -n "$critic_missing" && as_fn_error $? "*** $critic_missing" "$LINENO" 5 diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac index 769c06709e..b616bf95e3 100644 --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac @@ -66,11 +66,4 @@ CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"]) AS_IF([test "$libc_cv_compiler_powerpc64le_ldbl128_mabi" == "no"], [critic_missing="$critic_missing The compiler must support -mabi=ieeelongdouble and -mlongdouble simultaneously."]) -dnl objcopy (binutils) 2.26 or newer required to support the --update-section -dnl feature for fixing up .gnu.attribute section with IEEE ldbl. -AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(OBJCOPY, $OBJCOPY, --version, - [GNU objcopy.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)], - [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[6-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*], - AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing objcopy >= 2.26 is required on powerpc64le") - test -n "$critic_missing" && AC_MSG_ERROR([*** $critic_missing]) From patchwork Wed Sep 2 15:37:26 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; 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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 9.2.1 is the newest compiler + better code. As of release time, GCC 10.2 is the newest compiler verified to work to build the GNU C Library. For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), a GCC version with @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ build the GNU C Library: 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 - moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.32 is the newest + moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.35 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. ARC architecture needs 'binutils' 2.32 or higher for TLS related @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ 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' 6.6 is the newest + differently. As of release time, 'texinfo' 6.7 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. * GNU 'awk' 3.1.2, or higher @@ -511,13 +511,13 @@ build the GNU C Library: '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'. As of release time, 'gawk' - version 5.0.1 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C + version 5.1 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. * GNU 'bison' 2.7 or later 'bison' is used to generate the 'yacc' parser code in the 'intl' - subdirectory. As of release time, 'bison' version 3.4.1 is the + subdirectory. As of release time, 'bison' version 3.6.4 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. * Perl 5 @@ -531,12 +531,12 @@ build the GNU C Library: 'Sed' is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts work with any version of 'sed'. As of release time, 'sed' version - 4.5 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. + 4.8 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. * Python 3.4 or later Python is required to build the GNU C Library. As of release time, - Python 3.7.4 is the newest verified to work for building and + Python 3.8.3 is the newest verified to work for building and testing the GNU C Library. * PExpect 4.0 @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ build the GNU C Library: use the pretty printers. Notice that your system having Python available doesn't imply that GDB supports it, nor that your system's Python and GDB's have the same version. As of release - time GNU 'debugger' 8.3 is the newest verified to work to test the + time GNU 'debugger' 9.2 is the newest verified to work to test the pretty printers. Unless Python, PExpect and GDB with Python support are present, the @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ and if you change any of the message translation files you will need * GNU 'gettext' 0.10.36 or later - As of release time, GNU 'gettext' version 0.19.8.1 is the newest + As of release time, GNU 'gettext' version 0.20.2 is the newest version verified to work to build the GNU C Library. You may also need these packages if you upgrade your source tree using diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 5131422727..977f61dbb1 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ build @theglibc{}: @item GNU @code{make} 4.0 or newer -As of relase time, GNU @code{make} 4.2.1 is the newest verified to work +As of relase time, GNU @code{make} 4.3 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ GCC 6.2 or newer GCC 6.2 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 9.2.1 is the newest compiler verified to work to build +release time, GCC 10.2 is the newest compiler verified to work to build @theglibc{}. For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), a GCC version with support @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ 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} 6.6 is the newest verified to work +As of release time, @code{texinfo} 6.7 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item @@ -553,14 +553,14 @@ GNU @code{awk} 3.1.2, or higher @code{awk} is used in several places to generate files. Some @code{gawk} extensions are used, including the @code{asorti} function, which was introduced in version 3.1.2 of @code{gawk}. -As of release time, @code{gawk} version 5.0.1 is the newest verified +As of release time, @code{gawk} version 5.1 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item GNU @code{bison} 2.7 or later @code{bison} is used to generate the @code{yacc} parser code in the @file{intl} -subdirectory. As of release time, @code{bison} version 3.4.1 is the newest +subdirectory. As of release time, @code{bison} version 3.6.4 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item @@ -576,13 +576,13 @@ GNU @code{sed} 3.02 or newer @code{Sed} is used in several places to generate files. Most scripts work with any version of @code{sed}. As of release time, @code{sed} version -4.5 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. +4.8 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item Python 3.4 or later Python is required to build @theglibc{}. As of release time, Python -3.7.4 is the newest verified to work for building and testing +3.8.3 is the newest verified to work for building and testing @theglibc{}. @item PExpect 4.0 @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ GDB itself needs to be configured with Python support in order to use the pretty printers. Notice that your system having Python available doesn't imply that GDB supports it, nor that your system's Python and GDB's have the same version. As of release time GNU @code{debugger} -8.3 is the newest verified to work to test the pretty printers. +9.2 is the newest verified to work to test the pretty printers. Unless Python, PExpect and GDB with Python support are present, the printer tests will report themselves as @code{UNSUPPORTED}. Notice @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ and if you change any of the message translation files you will need @item GNU @code{gettext} 0.10.36 or later -As of release time, GNU @code{gettext} version 0.19.8.1 is the newest +As of release time, GNU @code{gettext} version 0.20.2 is the newest version verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @end itemize