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[Patch, WWWDOCS] gcc-5/changes.html: Mention that C FE can be build as libcc1.so
- From: Tobias Burnus <tobias dot burnus at physik dot fu-berlin dot de>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 10:44:20 +0100
- Subject: [Patch, WWWDOCS] gcc-5/changes.html: Mention that C FE can be build as libcc1.so
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I think it is useful to know that one can build libcc1.so - also as
advertisement. Thus, I propose to include something like the quip in
the attachment.
GDB uses it in version 7.9, which is not yet released but already
branched off.
OK? - Other suggestions or comments?
Tobias
Index: htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.78
diff -u -p -r1.78 changes.html
--- htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html 5 Feb 2015 13:52:05 -0000 1.78
+++ htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html 6 Feb 2015 08:20:50 -0000
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ calloc (size_t x, size_t y)
<code>-Wno-discarded-qualifiers</code>.</li>
<li>The C front end now generates more precise caret diagnostics.</li>
<li>The -pg option now only affects the current file in a LTO build.</li>
+ <li>The C front end can now also be build as library, which is for instance
+ used by <a
+ href="https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=gdb-7.9-branch";
+ >gdb 7.9</a> for compiling source code used for code injection.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="cxx">C++</h3>