From fae98f66fe5a7cee12f1b01cb9c1545ec479cf02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fanquake Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:02:06 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] [Docs] Bump minimum required version of GCC to 4.8 --- doc/dependencies.md | 2 +- doc/release-notes.md | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index 964c03ba8..6e1d1ee99 100644 --- a/doc/dependencies.md +++ b/doc/dependencies.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct | Expat | [2.2.1](https://libexpat.github.io/) | | No | Yes | | | fontconfig | [2.12.1](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/) | | No | Yes | | | FreeType | [2.7.1](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) | | No | | | -| GCC | | [4.7+](https://gcc.gnu.org/) | | | | +| GCC | | [4.8+](https://gcc.gnu.org/) | | | | | HarfBuzz-NG | | | | | | | libevent | [2.1.8-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | 2.0.22 | No | | | | libjpeg | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L75) | diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 32f1bef62..2c63b1f88 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ frequently tested on them. Notable changes =============== +GCC 4.8.x +-------------- +The minimum version of GCC required to compile Bitcoin Core is now 4.8. No effort will be +made to support older versions of GCC. See discussion in issue #11732 for more information. + HD-wallets by default --------------------- Due to a backward-incompatible change in the wallet database, wallets created