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Re: what does this word mean?

From: Andrea Bocci <fwyzard at inwind dot it>
To: =?gb2312?q?kong=20sun?= <akong_zjucs at yahoo dot com dot cn>
Cc: gcc at gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:06:31 +0100
Subject: Re: what does this word mean?

At 20.42 28/10/2002 +0800, =?gb2312?q?kong=20sun?= wrote:

hi,
  I am reading some document about gcc.And the word
"libiberty" appear many times in those archives.I can
not find this word in dictionaries.What does the word
"libiberty" mean?
  thanks.
                                          swankong

libiberty is a common library used by some GNU development tools (gcc, gdb, binutils, ...), to supply common procedure and overcome system library problems (I think).
I guess the name comes from the way gcc is invoked to link it it, ie. gcc ... -liberty :-)

fwyzard

References:
- what does this word mean?
  - From: =?gb2312?q?kong=20sun?=

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