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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 | <segmentedlist> |
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24 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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25 | |
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26 | <seglistitem> |
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27 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, DejaGNU, Diffutils, Expect, Findutils, |
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28 | Gawk, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Perl, Sed, Tcl, and Texinfo</seg> |
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29 | </seglistitem> |
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30 | </segmentedlist> |
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31 | |
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32 | </sect2> |
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33 | |
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34 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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35 | <title>Installation of GCC</title> |
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36 | |
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37 | <para os="d">Apply a <command>sed</command> substitution that will suppress the |
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38 | installation of <filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename>. The |
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39 | version of <filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename> provided by |
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40 | Binutils will be used instead:</para> |
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41 | |
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42 | <screen os="e"><userinput>sed -i 's/install_to_$(INSTALL_DEST) //' libiberty/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> |
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43 | |
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44 | <para os="e1">GCC provides a <command>gccbug</command> script which detects at |
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45 | compile time whether mktemp is present, and hardcodes the result in a test. |
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46 | This will cause the script to fall back to using less random names for |
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47 | temporary files. We will be installing mktemp later, so the following sed |
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48 | will simulate its presence.</para> |
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49 | |
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50 | <screen os="e2"><userinput>sed -i 's/@have_mktemp_command@/yes/' gcc/gccbug.in</userinput></screen> |
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51 | |
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52 | <para os="f">The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source |
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53 | directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> |
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54 | |
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55 | <screen os="g"><userinput>mkdir -v ../gcc-build |
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56 | cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> |
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57 | |
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58 | <para os="h">Prepare GCC for compilation:</para> |
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59 | |
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60 | <screen os="i"><userinput>../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \ |
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61 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix \ |
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62 | --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-c99 --enable-long-long \ |
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63 | --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++ \ |
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64 | --disable-multilib --disable-libstdcxx-pch</userinput></screen> |
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65 | |
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66 | <para os="j">Compile the package:</para> |
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67 | |
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68 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make bootstrap</userinput></screen> |
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69 | |
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70 | <important os="l"> |
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71 | <para>In this section, the test suite for GCC is considered |
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72 | critical. Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para> |
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73 | </important> |
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74 | |
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75 | <para os="m">Test the results, but do not stop at errors:</para> |
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76 | |
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77 | <screen os="n"><userinput>make -k check</userinput></screen> |
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78 | |
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79 | <para os="o">The <parameter>-k</parameter> flag is used to make the test suite |
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80 | run through to completion and not stop at the first failure. The GCC test |
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81 | suite is very comprehensive and is almost guaranteed to generate a few |
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82 | failures. To receive a summary of the test suite results, run:</para> |
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83 | |
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84 | <screen os="p"><userinput>../gcc-&gcc-version;/contrib/test_summary</userinput></screen> |
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85 | |
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86 | <para os="q">For only the summaries, pipe the output through |
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87 | <userinput>grep -A7 Summ</userinput>.</para> |
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88 | |
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89 | <para os="r">A few unexpected failures cannot always be avoided. The |
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90 | GCC developers are usually aware of these issues, but have not |
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91 | resolved them yet.</para> |
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92 | |
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93 | <para os="s">Install the package:</para> |
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94 | |
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95 | <screen os="t"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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96 | |
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97 | <para os="u">Some packages expect the C preprocessor to be installed in the |
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98 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory. |
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99 | To support those packages, create this symlink:</para> |
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100 | |
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101 | <screen os="v"><userinput>ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib</userinput></screen> |
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102 | |
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103 | <para os="w">Many packages use the name <command>cc</command> to call the C |
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104 | compiler. To satisfy those packages, create a symlink:</para> |
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105 | |
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106 | <screen os="x"><userinput>ln -sv gcc /usr/bin/cc</userinput></screen> |
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107 | |
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108 | </sect2> |
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109 | |
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110 | <sect2 id="contents-gcc" role="content"> |
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111 | <title>Contents of GCC</title> |
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112 | |
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113 | <segmentedlist> |
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114 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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115 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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116 | |
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117 | <seglistitem> |
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118 | <seg>c++, cc (link to gcc), cpp, g++, gcc, gccbug, and gcov</seg> |
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119 | <seg>libgcc.a, libgcc_eh.a, libgcc_s.so, libmudflap.[a,so], |
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120 | libmudflapth.[a,so], libstdc++.[a,so], and |
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121 | libsupc++.a</seg> |
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122 | </seglistitem> |
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123 | </segmentedlist> |
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124 | |
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125 | <variablelist> |
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126 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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127 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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128 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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129 | |
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130 | <varlistentry id="cc"> |
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131 | <term><command>cc</command></term> |
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132 | <listitem> |
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133 | <para>The C compiler</para> |
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134 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc cc"> |
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135 | <primary sortas="b-cc">cc</primary> |
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136 | </indexterm> |
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137 | </listitem> |
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138 | </varlistentry> |
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139 | |
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140 | <varlistentry id="cpp"> |
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141 | <term><command>cpp</command></term> |
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142 | <listitem> |
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143 | <para>The C preprocessor; it is used by the compiler to expand the |
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144 | #include, #define, and similar statements in the source files</para> |
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145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc cpp"> |
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146 | <primary sortas="b-cpp">cpp</primary> |
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147 | </indexterm> |
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148 | </listitem> |
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149 | </varlistentry> |
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150 | |
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151 | <varlistentry id="c"> |
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152 | <term><command>c++</command></term> |
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153 | <listitem> |
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154 | <para>The C++ compiler</para> |
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155 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc c"> |
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156 | <primary sortas="b-c++">c++</primary> |
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157 | </indexterm> |
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158 | </listitem> |
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159 | </varlistentry> |
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160 | |
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161 | <varlistentry id="g"> |
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162 | <term><command>g++</command></term> |
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163 | <listitem> |
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164 | <para>The C++ compiler</para> |
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165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc g"> |
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166 | <primary sortas="b-g++">g++</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="gcc"> |
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172 | <term><command>gcc</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 gcc"> |
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176 | <primary sortas="b-gcc">gcc</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="gccbug"> |
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182 | <term><command>gccbug</command></term> |
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183 | <listitem> |
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184 | <para>A shell script used to help create useful bug reports</para> |
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185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gccbug"> |
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186 | <primary sortas="b-gccbug">gccbug</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="gcov"> |
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192 | <term><command>gcov</command></term> |
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193 | <listitem> |
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194 | <para>A coverage testing tool; it is used to analyze programs to |
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195 | determine where optimizations will have the most effect</para> |
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196 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcov"> |
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197 | <primary sortas="b-gcov">gcov</primary> |
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198 | </indexterm> |
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199 | </listitem> |
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200 | </varlistentry> |
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201 | |
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202 | <varlistentry id="libgcc"> |
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203 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename></term> |
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204 | <listitem> |
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205 | <para>Contains run-time support for <command>gcc</command></para> |
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206 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libgcc"> |
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207 | <primary sortas="c-libgcc*">libgcc*</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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212 | <varlistentry id="libmudflap"> |
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213 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmudflap</filename></term> |
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214 | <listitem> |
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215 | <para>The libmudflap libraries are used by GCC for instrumenting |
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216 | pointer and array dereferencing operations.</para> |
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217 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libmudflap"> |
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218 | <primary sortas="c-libmudflap*">libmudflap*</primary> |
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219 | </indexterm> |
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220 | </listitem> |
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221 | </varlistentry> |
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222 | |
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223 | <varlistentry id="libstdc"> |
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224 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename></term> |
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225 | <listitem> |
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226 | <para>The standard C++ library</para> |
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227 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libstdc"> |
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228 | <primary sortas="c-libstdc++">libstdc++</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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233 | <varlistentry id="libsupc"> |
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234 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsupc++</filename></term> |
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235 | <listitem> |
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236 | <para>Provides supporting routines for the C++ programming |
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237 | language</para> |
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238 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libsupc"> |
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239 | <primary sortas="c-libsupc++">libsupc++</primary> |
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240 | </indexterm> |
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241 | </listitem> |
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242 | </varlistentry> |
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243 | |
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244 | </variablelist> |
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245 | |
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246 | </sect2> |
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247 | |
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248 | </sect1> |
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