What is this?
This is the official source tree of GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection — a suite of free compilers maintained as part of the GNU project.
This is the official source tree of GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection — a suite of free compilers maintained as part of the GNU project.Is this a single compiler binary or the full compiler source tree?It is the complete GCC source distribution, bundling the compiler frontends, runtime libraries, and the documentation sources used to build the manuals.
It is the complete GCC source distribution, bundling the compiler frontends, runtime libraries, and the documentation sources used to build the manuals.How do I build and install GCC from this source?Follow the installation information shipped in the INSTALL directory, which is pre-rendered as HTML and plain text from the gcc/doc/install.texi source.
Follow the installation information shipped in the INSTALL directory, which is pre-rendered as HTML and plain text from the gcc/doc/install.texi source.Are all the files in this repository covered by the same license?No — the compiler itself is distributed as free software, but the manuals and some runtime libraries are governed by different license terms, so you need to check the individual source files.
No — the compiler itself is distributed as free software, but the manuals and some runtime libraries are governed by different license terms, so you need to check the individual source files.Where can I find GCC's usage and porting documentation?Usage and porting information lives in gcc/doc/gcc.texi, and a pre-built, readable online version of that manual ships as gcc/doc/gcc.info.
Usage and porting information lives in gcc/doc/gcc.texi, and a pre-built, readable online version of that manual ships as gcc/doc/gcc.info.Can I read the install instructions without any texinfo tooling?Yes — the INSTALL directory already contains ready-to-read HTML and plain-text copies of the installation docs, so no document build step is required just to read them.
Yes — the INSTALL directory already contains ready-to-read HTML and plain-text copies of the installation docs, so no document build step is required just to read them.What do copyright year ranges like 1987-2012 mean in GCC source files?GCC lists copyright years using range notation, meaning every year inside that range is a copyrightable year for that file, not just the first and last.
GCC lists copyright years using range notation, meaning every year inside that range is a copyrightable year for that file, not just the first and last.What are similar projects?CalcKernel, porffor, goose, compiler, carbon-lang, raddebugger, spinel, scriptc
CalcKernel, porffor, goose, compiler, carbon-lang, raddebugger, spinel, scriptcWhich topics is it in?toolchain, build-tool, low-level, gplv2, systems-programming, compiler, c, c++, command-line-tool, free, terminal, cli
toolchain, build-tool, low-level, gplv2, systems-programming, compiler, c, c++, command-line-tool, free, terminal, cli