On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, Moore, Catherine wrote:
>> Okay to yank it?
> Yes, thank you.
Done per the patch below (committed).
> I will review the rest of the MIPS doc in install.texi this week.
Thank you!
Gerald
2017-03-12 Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com>
* doc/install.texi (Specific) <mips-*-*>: Remove description of
issue that only occurred with binutils below 2.18.
Index: doc/install.texi
===================================================================
--- doc/install.texi (revision 246078)
+++ doc/install.texi (working copy)
@@ -4122,14 +4122,6 @@
@command{configure} option when configuring GCC@. The default is to
use traps on systems that support them.
-The assembler from GNU binutils 2.17 and earlier has a bug in the way
-it sorts relocations for REL targets (o32, o64, EABI). This can cause
-bad code to be generated for simple C++ programs. Also the linker
-from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which causes the
-runtime linker stubs in very large programs to
-be incorrectly generated. GNU Binutils 2.18 and later (and snapshots
-made after Nov. 9, 2006) should be free from both of these problems.
-
@html
<hr />
@end html
