From patchwork Wed Dec 2 22:56:01 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho X-Patchwork-Id: 41272 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 0F396396E43D; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 22:56:56 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 0F396396E43D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sourceware.org; s=default; t=1606949816; bh=Oh5bh0bv4sCQ/h8vq3ndYRpknaxFcRI9qvivAbROWLU=; h=To:Subject:Date:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post: List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc:From; b=ES4xZv2d6TUzYDKj23pz1MHA18jxapoIIdt7cu8LF01vXcUEEOu38O13XvcmA43a0 3OPvUVIERSvhsO/VhxxF2gZtxQbFHdmpkYK0GkJPOcXYauCeAywL333hJ2721JR3XA uvpjaf5OVKHu8aa/eTxQxOtccpNrN2Tw/PHLWCbc= 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 A949E389680E for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 22:56:50 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org A949E389680E Received: from pps.filterd (m0098409.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 0B2MXo45062769; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 17:56:48 -0500 Received: from ppma03dal.us.ibm.com (b.bd.3ea9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com [169.62.189.11]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 356jg82jhq-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:56:48 -0500 Received: from pps.filterd (ppma03dal.us.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by ppma03dal.us.ibm.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 0B2MsWnj027291; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 22:56:47 GMT Received: from b01cxnp22034.gho.pok.ibm.com (b01cxnp22034.gho.pok.ibm.com [9.57.198.24]) by ppma03dal.us.ibm.com with ESMTP id 353e69mvnf-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:56:47 +0000 Received: from b01ledav006.gho.pok.ibm.com (b01ledav006.gho.pok.ibm.com [9.57.199.111]) by b01cxnp22034.gho.pok.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id 0B2MulUQ15335990 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 2 Dec 2020 22:56:47 GMT Received: from b01ledav006.gho.pok.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC17AC05B; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 22:56:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b01ledav006.gho.pok.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8CCCAC05E; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 22:56:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from linux.ibm.com (unknown [9.160.168.243]) by b01ledav006.gho.pok.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 22:56:46 +0000 (GMT) To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: [PATCHv2 1/2] Require binutils 2.27 or later to build glibc Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:56:01 -0300 Message-Id: <20201202225602.1085609-1-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=2.50.10434:6.0.312, 18.0.737 definitions=2020-12-02_14:2020-11-30, 2020-12-02 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 mlxscore=0 adultscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 mlxlogscore=999 lowpriorityscore=0 malwarescore=0 bulkscore=0 priorityscore=1501 impostorscore=0 phishscore=0 suspectscore=1 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2009150000 definitions=main-2012020138 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_EF, GIT_PATCH_0, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, 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 Cc: joseph@codesourcery.com Errors-To: libc-alpha-bounces@sourceware.org Sender: "Libc-alpha" Changes since v1: - Moved part of the documentation to patch 2/2. - Moved the NEWS entry to "Changes to build and runtime requirements:" ---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. Tested-by: Lucas A. M. Magalhães --- INSTALL | 6 +-- NEWS | 3 ++ configure | 6 +-- configure.ac | 6 +-- manual/install.texi | 6 +-- sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure | 64 ----------------------- sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac | 7 --- 7 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 2b00f80df5..41d4376a41 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -482,17 +482,13 @@ 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 aa7bbf033b..954c7e0532 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: Changes to build and runtime requirements: +* The minimum GNU Binutils version that can be used to build this version of + the GNU C Library is Binutils 2.27. + * On Linux, the system administrator needs to configure /dev/pts with the intended access modes for pseudo-terminals. glibc no longer attemps to adjust permissions of terminal devices. The previous glibc 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="$critic_missing GNU ld") fi diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 2e164476d5..0594b13bcc 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -523,17 +523,13 @@ You can use whatever compiler you like to compile programs that use Check the FAQ for any special compiler issues on particular platforms. @item -GNU @code{binutils} 2.25 or later +GNU @code{binutils} 2.27 or later You must use GNU @code{binutils} (as and ld) to build @theglibc{}. No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.32 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. -For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), @command{objcopy} is required -to support @option{--update-section}. This option requires binutils 2.26 or -newer. - ARC architecture needs @code{binutils} 2.32 or higher for TLS related fixes. @item diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure index 98a4889945..cd48cd9661 100644 --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure @@ -117,68 +117,4 @@ if test "$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 Dec 2 22:56:02 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 @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ 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 @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ 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 @@ -506,13 +506,13 @@ 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 @@ -526,12 +526,12 @@ 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 @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ 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 @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ 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 0594b13bcc..17b08e24db 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ 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 @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ 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 @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ 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{}. ARC architecture needs @code{binutils} 2.32 or higher for TLS related fixes. @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ 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 @@ -548,14 +548,14 @@ 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 @@ -571,13 +571,13 @@ 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 @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ 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 @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ 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