PR target/16007

	* doc/install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Mention potential problem
	with Sun assembler + GNU linker and C++ programs.
	Document status of binutils 2.15 release.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@88595 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index d2d3e3bcee3..dd3e706f825 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -3478,8 +3478,19 @@ have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
 @file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
 
 All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
-platform.  We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or the vendor
-tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}).
+platform.  We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or later, or the
+vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}).  Note that your mileage
+may vary if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while
+the combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
+the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
+cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
+
+The stock GNU binutils 2.15 release is broken on this platform because of a
+single bug.  It has been fixed on the 2.15 branch in the CVS repository.
+You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_15-branch
+from the CVS repository or applying the patch
+`http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html' to the
+release.
 
 Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
 newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing.  These headers assume