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diff --git a/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst b/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
index f528bc6014f..126b84288b0 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ uses the package and provides other details.
Package Version Notes
=========================================================== ============ ==========================================
`GNU Make <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make>`_ 3.79, 3.79.1 Makefile/build processor
-`GCC <http://gcc.gnu.org/>`_ >=5.1.0 C/C++ compiler\ :sup:`1`
+`GCC <http://gcc.gnu.org/>`_ >=4.8.0 C/C++ compiler\ :sup:`1`
`python <http://www.python.org/>`_ >=2.7 Automated test suite\ :sup:`2`
`zlib <http://zlib.net>`_ >=1.2.3.4 Compression library\ :sup:`3`
=========================================================== ============ ==========================================
@@ -228,15 +228,6 @@ LLVM is written using the subset of C++ documented in :doc:`coding
standards<CodingStandards>`. To enforce this language version, we check the most
popular host toolchains for specific minimum versions in our build systems:
-* Clang 3.5
-* Apple Clang 6.0
-* GCC 5.1
-* Visual Studio 2017
-
-The below versions currently soft-error as we transition to the new compiler
-versions listed above. The LLVM codebase is currently known to compile correctly
-with the following compilers, though this will change in the near future:
-
* Clang 3.1
* Apple Clang 3.1
* GCC 4.8
@@ -292,36 +283,33 @@ The first step is to get a recent GCC toolchain installed. The most common
distribution on which users have struggled with the version requirements is
Ubuntu Precise, 12.04 LTS. For this distribution, one easy option is to install
the `toolchain testing PPA`_ and use it to install a modern GCC. There is
-a really nice discussions of this on the `ask ubuntu stack exchange`_ and a
-`github gist`_ with updated commands. However, not all users can use PPAs and
-there are many other distributions, so it may be necessary (or just useful, if
-you're here you *are* doing compiler development after all) to build and install
-GCC from source. It is also quite easy to do these days.
+a really nice discussions of this on the `ask ubuntu stack exchange`_. However,
+not all users can use PPAs and there are many other distributions, so it may be
+necessary (or just useful, if you're here you *are* doing compiler development
+after all) to build and install GCC from source. It is also quite easy to do
+these days.
.. _toolchain testing PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/test
.. _ask ubuntu stack exchange:
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/466651/how-do-i-use-the-latest-gcc-on-ubuntu/581497#58149
-.. _github gist:
- https://gist.github.com/application2000/73fd6f4bf1be6600a2cf9f56315a2d91
+ http://askubuntu.com/questions/271388/how-to-install-gcc-4-8-in-ubuntu-12-04-from-the-terminal
-Easy steps for installing GCC 5.1.0:
+Easy steps for installing GCC 4.8.2:
.. code-block:: console
- % gcc_version=5.1.0
- % wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${gcc_version}/gcc-${gcc_version}.tar.bz2
- % wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${gcc_version}/gcc-${gcc_version}.tar.bz2.sig
+ % wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.8.2/gcc-4.8.2.tar.bz2
+ % wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.8.2/gcc-4.8.2.tar.bz2.sig
% wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg
- % signature_invalid=`gpg --verify --no-default-keyring --keyring ./gnu-keyring.gpg gcc-${gcc_version}.tar.bz2.sig`
+ % signature_invalid=`gpg --verify --no-default-keyring --keyring ./gnu-keyring.gpg gcc-4.8.2.tar.bz2.sig`
% if [ $signature_invalid ]; then echo "Invalid signature" ; exit 1 ; fi
- % tar -xvjf gcc-${gcc_version}.tar.bz2
- % cd gcc-${gcc_version}
+ % tar -xvjf gcc-4.8.2.tar.bz2
+ % cd gcc-4.8.2
% ./contrib/download_prerequisites
% cd ..
- % mkdir gcc-${gcc_version}-build
- % cd gcc-${gcc_version}-build
- % $PWD/../gcc-${gcc_version}/configure --prefix=$HOME/toolchains --enable-languages=c,c++
+ % mkdir gcc-4.8.2-build
+ % cd gcc-4.8.2-build
+ % $PWD/../gcc-4.8.2/configure --prefix=$HOME/toolchains --enable-languages=c,c++
% make -j$(nproc)
% make install
@@ -329,7 +317,7 @@ For more details, check out the excellent `GCC wiki entry`_, where I got most
of this information from.
.. _GCC wiki entry:
- https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC
+ http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC
Once you have a GCC toolchain, configure your build of LLVM to use the new
toolchain for your host compiler and C++ standard library. Because the new
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