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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-gcc" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="gcc.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>GCC-&gcc-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-GCC">GCC</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The GCC package contains the GNU compiler collection, which includes |
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| 21 | the C and C++ compilers.</para> |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | </sect2> |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 26 | <title>Installation of GCC</title> |
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| 27 | |
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[24b004c] | 28 | <para os="p1">The following patch contains a number of updates to the |
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[cc858ed] | 29 | &gcc-version; branch by the GCC developers:</para> |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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| 32 | |
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[7327f1f] | 33 | <para os="fix1">Apply a <command>sed</command> subsitution that will |
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| 34 | suppress the execution of the <command>fixincludes</command> script:</para> |
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| 35 | |
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[aaa3150] | 36 | <screen os="fix2"><userinput>sed -i 's@\./fixinc\.sh@-c true@' gcc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> |
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[7327f1f] | 37 | |
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[3f8be484] | 38 | <para os="f">The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source |
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| 39 | directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> |
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| 40 | |
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[94e6142] | 41 | <screen os="g"><userinput>mkdir -v ../gcc-build |
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[3f8be484] | 42 | cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | <para os="h">Prepare GCC for compilation:</para> |
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| 45 | |
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[ab871d9] | 46 | <screen os="i"><userinput>SED=sed CC="gcc -isystem /usr/include" \ |
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[b6831b6] | 47 | CXX="g++ -isystem /usr/include" \ |
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| 48 | LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,/usr/lib:/lib" \ |
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| 49 | ../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \ |
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[3f8be484] | 50 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix \ |
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| 51 | --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-c99 --enable-long-long \ |
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[43f3140] | 52 | --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++ \ |
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[84b164e] | 53 | --disable-multilib --disable-libstdcxx-pch \ |
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[0b89da6] | 54 | --with-system-zlib --enable-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-time</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 55 | |
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[46d4942] | 56 | <variablelist os="i1"> |
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| 57 | <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title> |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | <varlistentry> |
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| 60 | <term><parameter>SED=sed</parameter></term> |
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| 61 | <listitem> |
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| 62 | <para>This prevents a hard-coded path to |
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| 63 | <filename>/tools/bin/sed</filename> in the <command>fixincl</command> |
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| 64 | program.</para> |
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| 65 | </listitem> |
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| 66 | </varlistentry> |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | </variablelist> |
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| 69 | |
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[d55f00bc] | 70 | <para os="j">Compile the package:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 71 | |
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[f568131] | 72 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 73 | |
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[d55f00bc] | 74 | <important os="l"> |
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[121c48a] | 75 | <para>The test suite for GCC is considered |
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[3f8be484] | 76 | critical. Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para> |
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| 77 | </important> |
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| 78 | |
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[16fb2c3c] | 79 | <para os="s1">Increase the stack size prior to running the tests:</para> |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | <screen os="s2"><userinput remap="test">ulimit -s 32768</userinput></screen> |
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| 82 | |
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[d55f00bc] | 83 | <para os="m">Test the results, but do not stop at errors:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 84 | |
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[686839b] | 85 | <screen os="n"><userinput remap="test">make -k check</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 86 | |
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[d55f00bc] | 87 | <para os="o">The <parameter>-k</parameter> flag is used to make the test suite |
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[3f8be484] | 88 | run through to completion and not stop at the first failure. The GCC test |
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| 89 | suite is very comprehensive and is almost guaranteed to generate a few |
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| 90 | failures. To receive a summary of the test suite results, run:</para> |
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| 91 | |
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[686839b] | 92 | <screen os="p"><userinput remap="test">../gcc-&gcc-version;/contrib/test_summary</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 93 | |
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[d55f00bc] | 94 | <para os="q">For only the summaries, pipe the output through |
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[3f8be484] | 95 | <userinput>grep -A7 Summ</userinput>.</para> |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | <para os="r">A few unexpected failures cannot always be avoided. The |
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| 98 | GCC developers are usually aware of these issues, but have not |
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[d55f00bc] | 99 | resolved them yet.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 100 | |
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| 101 | <para os="s">Install the package:</para> |
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| 102 | |
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| 103 | <screen os="t"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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| 104 | |
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[3d66e17] | 105 | <para os="u">Install the <filename class="headerfile">libiberty</filename> header |
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| 106 | file that is needed by some packages:</para> |
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| 107 | |
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| 108 | <screen os="v"><userinput>cp -v ../gcc-&gcc-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen> |
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| 109 | |
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| 110 | <para os="w">Some packages expect the C preprocessor to be installed in the |
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[3f8be484] | 111 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory. |
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| 112 | To support those packages, create this symlink:</para> |
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| 113 | |
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[3d66e17] | 114 | <screen os="x"><userinput>ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 115 | |
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[3d66e17] | 116 | <para os="y">Many packages use the name <command>cc</command> to call the C |
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[3f8be484] | 117 | compiler. To satisfy those packages, create a symlink:</para> |
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| 118 | |
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[3d66e17] | 119 | <screen os="z"><userinput>ln -sv gcc /usr/bin/cc</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 120 | |
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[55581cc] | 121 | <para os="aa">Finally, move a misplaced file:</para> |
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| 122 | |
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[2db9f66] | 123 | <screen os="ab"><userinput>mv -v /usr/lib/libstdc++*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib</userinput></screen> |
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[55581cc] | 124 | |
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[3f8be484] | 125 | </sect2> |
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| 126 | |
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| 127 | <sect2 id="contents-gcc" role="content"> |
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| 128 | <title>Contents of GCC</title> |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 132 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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[61ad0b7f] | 133 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> |
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[3f8be484] | 134 | |
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| 135 | <seglistitem> |
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[f698055a] | 136 | <seg>c++, cc (link to gcc), cpp, g++, gcc, gcov</seg> |
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[c8a83d8] | 137 | <seg>libasan.[a,so], libatomic.[a,so], libgcc.a, libgcc_eh.a, libgcc_s.so, libgcov.a, |
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| 138 | libgomp.[a,so], libiberty.a, libitm.[a,so], liblto_plugin.so, libmudflap.[a,so], libmudflapth.[a,so], |
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[f698055a] | 139 | libquadmath.[a,so], libssp.[a,so], libssp_nonshared.a, libstdc++.[a,so], libsupc++.a, |
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[3d66e17] | 140 | libtsan.[a,so]</seg> |
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[2b220db9] | 141 | <seg>/usr/include/c++, /usr/lib/gcc, /usr/share/gcc-&gcc-version;</seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 142 | </seglistitem> |
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| 143 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 144 | |
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| 145 | <variablelist> |
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| 146 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 147 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 148 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 149 | |
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| 150 | <varlistentry id="cc"> |
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| 151 | <term><command>cc</command></term> |
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| 152 | <listitem> |
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| 153 | <para>The C compiler</para> |
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| 154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc cc"> |
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| 155 | <primary sortas="b-cc">cc</primary> |
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| 156 | </indexterm> |
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| 157 | </listitem> |
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| 158 | </varlistentry> |
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| 159 | |
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| 160 | <varlistentry id="cpp"> |
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| 161 | <term><command>cpp</command></term> |
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| 162 | <listitem> |
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| 163 | <para>The C preprocessor; it is used by the compiler to expand the |
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| 164 | #include, #define, and similar statements in the source files</para> |
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc cpp"> |
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-cpp">cpp</primary> |
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| 167 | </indexterm> |
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| 168 | </listitem> |
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| 169 | </varlistentry> |
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| 170 | |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="c"> |
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| 172 | <term><command>c++</command></term> |
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| 173 | <listitem> |
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| 174 | <para>The C++ compiler</para> |
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| 175 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc c"> |
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| 176 | <primary sortas="b-c++">c++</primary> |
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| 177 | </indexterm> |
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| 178 | </listitem> |
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| 179 | </varlistentry> |
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| 180 | |
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| 181 | <varlistentry id="g"> |
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| 182 | <term><command>g++</command></term> |
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| 183 | <listitem> |
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| 184 | <para>The C++ compiler</para> |
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| 185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc g"> |
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| 186 | <primary sortas="b-g++">g++</primary> |
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| 187 | </indexterm> |
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| 188 | </listitem> |
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| 189 | </varlistentry> |
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| 190 | |
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| 191 | <varlistentry id="gcc"> |
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| 192 | <term><command>gcc</command></term> |
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| 193 | <listitem> |
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| 194 | <para>The C compiler</para> |
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcc"> |
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-gcc">gcc</primary> |
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| 197 | </indexterm> |
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| 198 | </listitem> |
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| 199 | </varlistentry> |
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| 200 | |
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| 201 | <varlistentry id="gcov"> |
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| 202 | <term><command>gcov</command></term> |
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| 203 | <listitem> |
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| 204 | <para>A coverage testing tool; it is used to analyze programs to |
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| 205 | determine where optimizations will have the most effect</para> |
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| 206 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcov"> |
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| 207 | <primary sortas="b-gcov">gcov</primary> |
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| 208 | </indexterm> |
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| 209 | </listitem> |
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| 210 | </varlistentry> |
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| 211 | |
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[01aa1cc] | 212 | <varlistentry id="libasan"> |
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| 213 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasan</filename></term> |
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| 214 | <listitem> |
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| 215 | <para>The Address Sanitizer runtime library</para> |
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| 216 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libasan"> |
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| 217 | <primary sortas="c-libasan">libasan</primary> |
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| 218 | </indexterm> |
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| 219 | </listitem> |
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| 220 | </varlistentry> |
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| 221 | |
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[d1f79ab] | 222 | <varlistentry id="libatomic"> |
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| 223 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libatomic</filename></term> |
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| 224 | <listitem> |
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| 225 | <para>A GCC support runtime library for atomic operations not |
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| 226 | supported by hardware</para> |
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| 227 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libatomic"> |
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| 228 | <primary sortas="c-libatomic*">libatomic*</primary> |
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| 229 | </indexterm> |
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| 230 | </listitem> |
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| 231 | </varlistentry> |
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| 232 | |
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[3f8be484] | 233 | <varlistentry id="libgcc"> |
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| 234 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename></term> |
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| 235 | <listitem> |
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| 236 | <para>Contains run-time support for <command>gcc</command></para> |
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| 237 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libgcc"> |
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| 238 | <primary sortas="c-libgcc*">libgcc*</primary> |
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| 239 | </indexterm> |
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| 240 | </listitem> |
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| 241 | </varlistentry> |
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| 242 | |
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[2cca6fd] | 243 | <varlistentry id="libgcov"> |
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| 244 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgcov</filename></term> |
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| 245 | <listitem> |
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| 246 | <para>Library that is linked into a program when |
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| 247 | <command>gcc</command> is instructed to enable profiling</para> |
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libgcov"> |
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| 249 | <primary sortas="c-libgcov">libgcov</primary> |
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| 250 | </indexterm> |
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| 251 | </listitem> |
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| 252 | </varlistentry> |
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| 253 | |
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[188b6b2] | 254 | <varlistentry id="libgomp"> |
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| 255 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgomp</filename></term> |
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| 256 | <listitem> |
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| 257 | <para>GNU implementation of the OpenMP API for multi-platform |
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| 258 | shared-memory parallel programming in C/C++ and Fortran</para> |
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libgomp"> |
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| 260 | <primary sortas="c-libgomp">libgomp</primary> |
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| 261 | </indexterm> |
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| 262 | </listitem> |
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[3d66e17] | 263 | </varlistentry> |
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| 264 | |
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| 265 | <varlistentry id="libiberty"> |
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| 266 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libiberty</filename></term> |
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| 267 | <listitem> |
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| 268 | <para>Contains routines used by various GNU programs, including |
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| 269 | <command>getopt</command>, <command>obstack</command>, |
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| 270 | <command>strerror</command>, <command>strtol</command>, and |
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| 271 | <command>strtoul</command></para> |
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libiberty"> |
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| 273 | <primary sortas="c-libiberty">libiberty</primary> |
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| 274 | </indexterm> |
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| 275 | </listitem> |
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[188b6b2] | 276 | </varlistentry> |
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| 277 | |
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[d1f79ab] | 278 | <varlistentry id="libitm"> |
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| 279 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libitm</filename></term> |
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| 280 | <listitem> |
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| 281 | <para>The GNU Transactional Memory Library, which provides |
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| 282 | transaction support for accesses to a process's memory</para> |
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| 283 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libitm"> |
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| 284 | <primary sortas="c-libitm*">libitm*</primary> |
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| 285 | </indexterm> |
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| 286 | </listitem> |
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| 287 | </varlistentry> |
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| 288 | |
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| 289 | <varlistentry id="liblto_plugin"> |
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| 290 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">liblto_plugin</filename></term> |
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| 291 | <listitem> |
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| 292 | <para>Runtime library for GCC's link-time optimization plugin</para> |
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| 293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc liblto_plugin"> |
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| 294 | <primary sortas="c-liblto_plugin">liblto_plugin</primary> |
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| 295 | </indexterm> |
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| 296 | </listitem> |
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| 297 | </varlistentry> |
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| 298 | |
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[12a457e] | 299 | <varlistentry id="libmudflap"> |
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| 300 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmudflap</filename></term> |
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| 301 | <listitem> |
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| 302 | <para>The libmudflap libraries are used by GCC for instrumenting |
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[3bec8f3] | 303 | pointer and array dereferencing operations.</para> |
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[12a457e] | 304 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libmudflap"> |
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| 305 | <primary sortas="c-libmudflap*">libmudflap*</primary> |
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| 306 | </indexterm> |
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| 307 | </listitem> |
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| 308 | </varlistentry> |
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| 309 | |
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[d1f79ab] | 310 | <varlistentry id="libquadmath"> |
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| 311 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libquadmath</filename></term> |
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| 312 | <listitem> |
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| 313 | <para>The GCC Quad-Precision Math Libarary API</para> |
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| 314 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libquadmath"> |
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| 315 | <primary sortas="c-libquadmath*">libquadmath*</primary> |
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| 316 | </indexterm> |
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| 317 | </listitem> |
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| 318 | </varlistentry> |
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| 319 | |
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[188b6b2] | 320 | <varlistentry id="libssp"> |
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| 321 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libssp</filename></term> |
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| 322 | <listitem> |
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| 323 | <para>Contains routines supporting GCC's stack-smashing protection |
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| 324 | functionality</para> |
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| 325 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libssp"> |
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| 326 | <primary sortas="c-libssp*">libssp*</primary> |
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| 327 | </indexterm> |
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| 328 | </listitem> |
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| 329 | </varlistentry> |
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| 330 | |
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[3f8be484] | 331 | <varlistentry id="libstdc"> |
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| 332 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename></term> |
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| 333 | <listitem> |
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| 334 | <para>The standard C++ library</para> |
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| 335 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libstdc"> |
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| 336 | <primary sortas="c-libstdc++">libstdc++</primary> |
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| 337 | </indexterm> |
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| 338 | </listitem> |
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| 339 | </varlistentry> |
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| 340 | |
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| 341 | <varlistentry id="libsupc"> |
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| 342 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsupc++</filename></term> |
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| 343 | <listitem> |
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| 344 | <para>Provides supporting routines for the C++ programming |
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| 345 | language</para> |
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| 346 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libsupc"> |
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| 347 | <primary sortas="c-libsupc++">libsupc++</primary> |
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| 348 | </indexterm> |
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| 349 | </listitem> |
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| 350 | </varlistentry> |
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| 351 | |
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[8c09b88] | 352 | <varlistentry id="libtsan"> |
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| 353 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libtsan</filename></term> |
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| 354 | <listitem> |
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| 355 | <para>The Thread Sanitizer runtime library</para> |
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| 356 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libtsan"> |
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| 357 | <primary sortas="c-libtsan">libtsan</primary> |
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| 358 | </indexterm> |
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| 359 | </listitem> |
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| 360 | </varlistentry> |
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| 361 | |
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[3f8be484] | 362 | </variablelist> |
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| 363 | |
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| 364 | </sect2> |
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| 365 | |
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| 366 | </sect1> |
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