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diff --git a/Help/release/dev/unsupported-compilers.rst b/Help/release/dev/unsupported-compilers.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f3e8c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/unsupported-compilers.rst @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +unsupported-compilers +--------------------- + +* The implementation of CMake relies on some C++ compiler features which are + not supported by some older compilers. As a result, those old compilers + can no longer be used to build CMake itself. CMake continues to be able to + generate Makefiles and project files for users of those old compilers + however. The compilers known to no longer be capable of building CMake + are: + + * MSVC 6 and 7.0 - superceded by VisualStudio 7.1 and newer compilers. + * GCC 2.95 - superceded by GCC 3 and newer compilers. + * Borland compilers - superceded by other Windows compilers. + * Compaq compilers - superceded by other compilers. + * Comeau compilers - superceded by other compilers. + * SGI compilers - IRIX was dropped as a host platform. + + When building using SolarisStudio 12, the default ``libCStd`` standard + library is not sufficient to build CMake. The SolarisStudio distribution + supports compiler options to use ``STLPort4`` or ``libstdc++``. An + appropriate option to select the standard library is now added + automatically when building CMake with SolarisStudio compilers. |