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Re: 'gcc' Software
- To: Janet Casey <jcasey at gnu dot org>
- Subject: Re: 'gcc' Software
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at wolery dot cumb dot org>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:36:28 -0700
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <200005102004.QAA12186@blip.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 04:04:16PM -0400, Janet Casey wrote:
> Hello! My name is Janet Casey and I'm working for the Free Software
> Foundation assembling a database of free software world wide, which is
> why I'm writing to you.
>
> We have this address listed as the maintainer for this package. Can
> you take a quick look through the information I've assembled to see
> if everything is correct and if there's anything I should add? I'd
> appreciate it greatly.
I can speak to only a few of these.
> %%full-description: The GNU Compiler Collection is a full-featured
> ANSI C compiler with support for K&R C as well. GCC provides many
> levels of source code error checking traditionally provided by other
> tools (such as lint),
... although existing free 'lint' implementations are even more
thorough: e.g. lclint.
> produces debugging information, and can perform
> many different optimizations to the resulting object code. The g++
> compiler (for C++) has been put into its own package
Not true. g++ comes with gcc.
> %%developers:
See the MAINTAINERS file at top level of the distribution.
> %%repository: pserver: anoncvs@anoncvs.cygnus.com:/cvs/gcc
Typoed. :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.cygnus.com:/cvs/gcc
Also see http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html
> %%related: gdb
binutils, make, bison, flex, lint, gperf...
> %%source-language: C
>
> %%supported-languages: C, C++, Objective C
+ Fortran 77, Java, Chill. Fortran 95 is being developed, Pascal and
Ada front ends exist but are not integrated
> %%use-requirements: glibc, cpp, binutils
cpp is included with gcc. I wouldn't bother listing glibc, everything
needs the C library.
> %%build-prerequisites:
make, texinfo, bison, gperf (patched), gettext, dejagnu, autoconf, ...
Also, you have to have a C compiler already - it might seem
obvious but we get asked all the time.
zw