Make (a+b+c+...)^n work for huuuge terms.

[ginac.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ PREREQUISITES
 GiNaC requires the CLN library by Bruno Haible installed on your system.
 It is available from <ftp://ftpthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gnu/>.
 
 GiNaC requires the CLN library by Bruno Haible installed on your system.
 It is available from <ftp://ftpthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gnu/>.
 

-You will also need a decent ANSI-compliant C++-compiler. We recommend the
-C++ compiler from the GNU compiler collection, GCC >= 3.4. If you have a
+You will also need a decent ISO C++-11 compiler. We recommend the C++
+compiler from the GNU compiler collection, GCC >= 4.9. If you have a

 different or older compiler you are on your own. Note that you may have to
 use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of differing
 name-mangling schemes.
 
 The pkg-config utility is required for configuration, it can be downloaded
 different or older compiler you are on your own. Note that you may have to
 use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of differing
 name-mangling schemes.
 
 The pkg-config utility is required for configuration, it can be downloaded

-from <http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>.
+from <http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>. Also Python version >= 2.6 is
+required.

 
 To build the GiNaC tutorial and reference manual the doxygen utility
 (it can be downloaded from http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen) and
 
 To build the GiNaC tutorial and reference manual the doxygen utility
 (it can be downloaded from http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen) and


@@ -19,16 +20,12 @@ TeX are necessary.
 
 Known to work with:
  - Linux on x86 and x86_64 using 
 
 Known to work with:
  - Linux on x86 and x86_64 using 

-   - GCC 3.4, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.x (x >= 1), 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6
-   - Clang 2.8
- - Windows on x86 using GCC 3.4 (MinGW)
+   - GCC 4.8, 4.9, 5.1, and 5.2
+   - Clang 3.5.0

 
 Known not to work with:
  - Clang 2.7 and earlier due to poor C++ support.
 
 Known not to work with:
  - Clang 2.7 and earlier due to poor C++ support.

- - GCC 4.3.0 due to the compiler bug,
-   see <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35548>.
- - GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
-   is missing there.
+ - GCC < 4.6.0 due to missing C++-11 support

 
 If you install from git, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59), automake (>=1.8),
 libtool (>= 1.5), python (>= 2.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33) to be installed.
 
 If you install from git, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59), automake (>=1.8),
 libtool (>= 1.5), python (>= 2.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33) to be installed.