From 082fad70098de6f8afc871ec6f03ca1d678988c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wolfgang Bangerth
@@ -55,14 +52,22 @@
A fairly complete C++ compiler. We use - egcs1.1.2 and - gcc2.95 but other compilers might work as well. egcs1.0 + gcc2.95 but + other compilers might work as well. egcs1.x and older gcc versions will not work, however. Also, Sun Workshop C++ 5.0 will not work since it does not support template member functions, and IBM C Set++ 3.0 will not work since they only have non-ISO header file names (with appended .h; probably, version 3.0 is not the most recent - one, but we don't have access to newer ones). + one, but we don't have access to newer ones). +
+ ++ Note that we have supported egcs 1.1.x in previous releases + of the library (up to deal.II 3.0), but + due to some missing feature in the support of Standard C++, + we now only support later versions of gcc for releases of + deal.II after version 3.0.x.
-- 2.39.5