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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/source/user/building.rst | 2 |
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diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst index 130306d06..f136b7cfc 100644 --- a/INSTALL.rst +++ b/INSTALL.rst @@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ skipped when running the test suite if no Fortran compiler is available. For building Scipy a Fortran compiler is needed though, so we include some details on Fortran compilers in the rest of this section. -On OS X and Linux, all common compilers will work. +On OS X and Linux, all common compilers will work. The minimum supported GCC +version is 6.5. For Fortran, ``gfortran`` works, ``g77`` does not. In case ``g77`` is installed then ``g77`` will be detected and used first. To explicitly select diff --git a/doc/source/user/building.rst b/doc/source/user/building.rst index 4bd0b7183..81f6d33a7 100644 --- a/doc/source/user/building.rst +++ b/doc/source/user/building.rst @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Building NumPy requires the following software installed: MSVC and Clang compilers. Compilers from other vendors such as Intel, Absoft, Sun, NAG, Compaq, Vast, Portland, Lahey, HP, IBM are only supported in the form of community feedback, and may not work out of the - box. GCC 4.x (and later) compilers are recommended. On ARM64 (aarch64) + box. GCC 6.5 (and later) compilers are recommended. On ARM64 (aarch64) GCC 8.x (and later) are recommended. 3) Linear Algebra libraries |