The recent thread on building on FreeBSD made me release there's quite some cruft to remove (and a note to add) regarding that.
Pushed (and more to come). Gerald gcc: PR target/69374 PR target/112959 * doc/install.texi (Specific) <*-*-freebsd*>: No longer refer to GCC or binutils in base. Recommend bootstrap using binutils. --- gcc/doc/install.texi | 15 +++++---------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 4119304f66a..b1d28dcb03b 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -4092,16 +4092,11 @@ This configuration is intended for embedded systems. We support FreeBSD using the ELF file format with DWARF 2 debugging for all CPU architectures. There are no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different -debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match -more of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of -GCC@. In particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by -default. However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the -system compiler with this release. - -The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} probably works -with this release of GCC@. Bootstrapping against the latest GNU -binutils and/or the version found in @file{/usr/ports/devel/binutils} has -been known to enable additional features and improve overall testsuite +debugging formats. + +We recommend bootstrapping against the latest GNU binutils or the +version found in the @file{devel/binutils} port. This also has been +known to enable additional features and improve overall testsuite results. @html -- 2.44.0