[llvm-commits] [llvm] r83782 - /llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html

[Chris Lattner]

Author: lattner
Date: Sun Oct 11 14:07:23 2009
New Revision: 83782

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=83782&view=rev
Log:
add PR5004 as a known problem.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html?rev=83782&r1=83781&r2=83782&view=diff

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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html Sun Oct 11 14:07:23 2009
@@ -1027,6 +1027,12 @@
 there isn't already one.</p>
 
 <ul>
+<li>The llvm-gcc bootstrap will fail with some versions of binutils (e.g. 2.15)
+    with a message of "<tt><a href="http://llvm.org/PR5004">Error: can not do 8
+    byte pc-relative relocation</a></tt>" when building C++ code.  We intend to
+    fix this on mainline, but a workaround for 2.6 is to upgrade to binutils
+    2.17 or later.</li>
+    
 <li>LLVM will not correctly compile on Solaris and/or OpenSolaris
 using the stock GCC 3.x.x series 'out the box',
 See: <a href="#brokengcc">Broken versions of GCC and other tools</a>.