On 26 January 2017 at 18:43, Dennis Clarke <dclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/26/2017 12:39 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote: >> >> On 26 January 2017 at 12:38, Jonathan Wakely wrote: >>> >>> On 25 January 2017 at 18:43, Dennis Clarke wrote: >>>> >>>> I have always been confused about these pieces. The "Prerequisites" >>>> say we need these libs and then also say "but NOT THOSE LIBS use these >>>> over here instead". >>> >>> >>> Eh? They're the same libs. >> >> >> The Prerequisites page says you need those libs, the >> contrib/download_prerequisites script is the simplest way to obtain >> and build them. What's the problem? >> > > versions. releases. bug fixes ... etc. I still don't see what's confusing. The Prerequisites docs state minimum versions, and the script downloads some particular versions that are above the minimum versions. If you want to use later versions you can do so. If you want a simple foolproof way to fetch and build them without caring about specific versions, use the script. >> contrib/download_prerequisites script is the simplest way to obtain >> and build them. > > Does that script fetch from the source sites or from the ftp site at > gcc.gnu.org? gcc.gnu.org but they're the same packages, so I still don't see what's confusing you or what says "NOT THOSE LIBS".
