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diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 876b04f9c45..c367f4f66e3 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -238,18 +238,20 @@ described below. @heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC @table @asis -@item ISO C++98 compiler -Necessary to bootstrap GCC, although versions of GCC prior -to 4.8 also allow bootstrapping with a ISO C89 compiler and versions -of GCC prior to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional -(K&R) C compiler. +@item ISO C++11 compiler +Necessary to bootstrap GCC. + +Versions of GCC prior to 11 also allow bootstrapping with an ISO C++98 +compiler, versions of GCC prior to 4.8 also allow bootstrapping with a +ISO C89 compiler, and versions of GCC prior to 3.4 also allow +bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler. To build all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where 3-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing -GCC binary (version 3.4 or later) because source code for language +GCC binary (version 4.8 or later) because source code for language frontends other than C might use GCC extensions. -Note that to bootstrap GCC with versions of GCC earlier than 3.4, you +Note that to bootstrap GCC with versions of GCC earlier than 4.8, you may need to use @option{--disable-stage1-checking}, though bootstrapping the compiler with such earlier compilers is strongly discouraged. |