The top level source directory in a GCC distribution contains several files and directories that are shared with other software distributions such as that of GNU Binutils. It also contains several subdirectories that contain parts of GCC and its runtime libraries:
boehm-gc
contrib
contrib/texi2pod.pl
, is used to generate man
pages from Texinfo manuals as part of the GCC build process.
fastjar
jar
command, used with the Java
front end.
gcc
gcc
Subdirectory, for details.
include
libiberty
library.
libf2c
libffi
libffi
library, used as part of the Java runtime library.
libiberty
libiberty
library, used for portability and for some
generally useful data structures and algorithms. See Introduction, for more information
about this library.
libjava
libobjc
libstdc++-v3
maintainer-scripts
gccadmin
account on gcc.gnu.org
.
zlib
zlib
compression library, used by the Java front end and as
part of the Java runtime library.
The build system in the top level directory, including how recursion into subdirectories works and how building runtime libraries for multilibs is handled, is documented in a separate manual, included with GNU Binutils. See GNU configure and build system, for details.