On 4 December 2011 21:08, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
>> How's this? I think I got all the versions and dates correct, but I
>> must say I find keeping some of this info in the manual to be tedious
>> and unnecessary.
>
> I agree, there is (too) much detailed and extra contents there
> which does not actually strike me as helpful.
>
>> To deal with the tedious parts, I changed a few repetitive instances
>> of 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.3.0 etc. etc. to just 4.x.x which
>> will be accurate in future and can be changed if it needs to be,
>> rather than having to keep adding new entries that say the headers for
>> GCC 4.6.1 are in include/c++/4.6.1 and, guess what, the headers for
>> GCC 4.6.2 are in include/c++/4.6.2
>>
>> Would 4.*.* or 4.?.? be better than 4.x.x?
>
> How about 4.x.y, to indicate that the second and third components
> can be different?
>
>> I'm not sure why we need to explicitly state the libgcc soname for
>> every release when it's always the same.
>
> Good point. In fact, looking at your patch and the document, could
> you just remove the third component in all cases (or nearly all)? It
> occurs to me that GCC 4.x, for fixed value of x, should be compatible,
> if not identical in terms of characteristics, shouldn't it?
>
> That would strike me as even more of a simplification.
>
> And in those cases in your patch where it refers to GCC 3.3.x, for
> example, it can just be GCC 3.3, so this also applies to regular
> text, not just the tables.
>
>> If noone objects to this approach I'll regenerate the HTML pages and
>> check this in at some point in the next few days.
>>
>> If anyone objects, please find a volunteer to keep the tedious version
>> up to date ;-)
>
> I think with my proposal it'll become less tedious? :-)
Yep, here's another patch with some more duplication removed. WIth
this, the document only needs to be updated when a new symbol version
is added or a library filename changes, not for every point release
with identical library versions. I think I'm quite happy with this
and will commit in a couple of days if noone objects.
Index: doc/xml/manual/abi.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/xml/manual/abi.xml (revision 181993)
+++ doc/xml/manual/abi.xml (working copy)
@@ -164,28 +164,14 @@ compatible.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.0: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.1: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.2: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.3: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.4: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.0: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.1: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.0: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.1: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.2: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.3: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.0: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.3: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x, gcc-4.[0-5].x: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.x: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.x: libgcc_s.so.1</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>For m68k-linux the versions differ as follows: </para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x, gcc-4.[0-5].x: libgcc_s.so.1
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4, GCC 4.x: libgcc_s.so.1
when configuring <code>--with-sjlj-exceptions</code>, or
libgcc_s.so.2 </para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -193,10 +179,10 @@ compatible.
<para>For hppa-linux the versions differ as follows: </para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x, gcc-4.[0-1].x: either libgcc_s.so.1
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4, GCC 4.[0-1]: either libgcc_s.so.1
when configuring <code>--with-sjlj-exceptions</code>, or
libgcc_s.so.2 </para> </listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.[2-5].x: either libgcc_s.so.3 when configuring
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.[2-7]: either libgcc_s.so.3 when configuring
<code>--with-sjlj-exceptions</code>) or libgcc_s.so.4
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -213,19 +199,22 @@ compatible.
<para>This corresponds to the mapfile: gcc/libgcc-std.ver</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.0: GCC_3.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.0: GCC_3.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1: GCC_3.3.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2: GCC_3.3.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.4: GCC_3.3.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.0: GCC_3.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.2: GCC_3.4.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.4: GCC_3.4.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.0: GCC_4.0.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.0: GCC_4.1.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.0: GCC_4.2.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.0: GCC_4.3.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.0: GCC_4.4.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.0: GCC_3.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.0: GCC_3.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.1: GCC_3.3.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.2: GCC_3.3.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.4: GCC_3.3.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.0: GCC_3.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.2: GCC_3.4.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.4: GCC_3.4.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.0: GCC_4.0.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.1.0: GCC_4.1.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.0: GCC_4.2.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.0: GCC_4.3.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.0: GCC_4.4.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.5.0: GCC_4.5.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.0: GCC_4.6.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.7.0: GCC_4.7.0</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
@@ -241,54 +230,47 @@ compatible.
<constant>DT_SONAME</constant>s are forward-compatibile: in
the table below, releases incompatible with the previous
one are explicitly noted.
+ If a particular release is not listed, its libstdc++.so binary
+ has the same filename and <constant>DT_SONAME</constant> as the
+ preceding release.
</para>
<para>It is versioned as follows:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.0: libstdc++.so.3.0.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.1: libstdc++.so.3.0.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.2: libstdc++.so.3.0.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.3: libstdc++.so.3.0.2 (See Note
1)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.4: libstdc++.so.3.0.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.0: libstdc++.so.4.0.0 <emphasis>(Incompatible with
previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.1: libstdc++.so.4.0.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.0: libstdc++.so.5.0.0 <emphasis>(Incompatible with
previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.1: libstdc++.so.5.0.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.2: libstdc++.so.5.0.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.3: libstdc++.so.5.0.3 (See Note
2)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.0: libstdc++.so.5.0.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1: libstdc++.so.5.0.5</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2: libstdc++.so.5.0.5</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.3: libstdc++.so.5.0.5</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.0 <emphasis>(Incompatible with
previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.3: libstdc++.so.6.0.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.4: libstdc++.so.6.0.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.5: libstdc++.so.6.0.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.6: libstdc++.so.6.0.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.5</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.6</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.3: libstdc++.so.6.0.7</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.7</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.8</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.8</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.9</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.9 (See Note
3)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.9</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.3: libstdc++.so.6.0.9</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.4: libstdc++.so.6.0.9</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.10</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.10</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.10</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.3: libstdc++.so.6.0.10</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.4: libstdc++.so.6.0.10</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.11</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.12</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.13</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.5.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.14</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.0: libstdc++.so.3.0.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.1: libstdc++.so.3.0.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.2: libstdc++.so.3.0.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.3: libstdc++.so.3.0.2 (See Note
1)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.4: libstdc++.so.3.0.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.0: libstdc++.so.4.0.0 <emphasis>(Incompatible with
previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.1: libstdc++.so.4.0.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.0: libstdc++.so.5.0.0 <emphasis>(Incompatible with
previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.1: libstdc++.so.5.0.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.2: libstdc++.so.5.0.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.3: libstdc++.so.5.0.3 (See Note
2)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.0: libstdc++.so.5.0.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.1: libstdc++.so.5.0.5</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.0 <emphasis>(Incompatible with
previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.3: libstdc++.so.6.0.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.5</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.6</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.3: libstdc++.so.6.0.7</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.1.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.7</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.1.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.8</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.9</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.9 (See Note
3)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.9</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.10</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.11</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.12</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.2: libstdc++.so.6.0.13</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.5.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.14</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.15</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.1: libstdc++.so.6.0.16</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Note 1: Error should be libstdc++.so.3.0.3.
@@ -312,49 +294,51 @@ compatible.
will use the maximum version definition. Thus, for release series
with the same label, but incremented version definitions, the later
release has both versions. (An example of this would be the
- gcc-3.2.1 release, which has GLIBCPP_3.2.1 for new symbols and
- GLIBCPP_3.2 for symbols that were introduced in the gcc-3.2.0
+ GCC 3.2.1 release, which has GLIBCPP_3.2.1 for new symbols and
+ GLIBCPP_3.2 for symbols that were introduced in the GCC 3.2.0
release.) If a particular release is not listed, it has the same
version labels as the preceding release.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.0: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.1: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.2: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.3: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.4: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.0: GLIBCPP_3.1, CXXABI_1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.1: GLIBCPP_3.1, CXXABI_1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.0: GLIBCPP_3.2, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.1: GLIBCPP_3.2.1, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.2: GLIBCPP_3.2.2, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.3: GLIBCPP_3.2.2, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.0: GLIBCPP_3.2.2, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1: GLIBCPP_3.2.3, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2: GLIBCPP_3.2.3, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.3: GLIBCPP_3.2.3, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.0: GLIBCXX_3.4, CXXABI_1.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.1, CXXABI_1.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.2: GLIBCXX_3.4.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.3: GLIBCXX_3.4.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.4, CXXABI_1.3.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.5</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.2: GLIBCXX_3.4.6</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.3: GLIBCXX_3.4.7</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.8</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.9</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.10, CXXABI_1.3.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.11, CXXABI_1.3.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.12, CXXABI_1.3.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.2: GLIBCXX_3.4.13, CXXABI_1.3.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.5.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.14, CXXABI_1.3.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.0: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.1: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.2: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.3: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.4: (Error, not versioned)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.0: GLIBCPP_3.1, CXXABI_1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.1: GLIBCPP_3.1, CXXABI_1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.0: GLIBCPP_3.2, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.1: GLIBCPP_3.2.1, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.2: GLIBCPP_3.2.2, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.3: GLIBCPP_3.2.2, CXXABI_1.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.0: GLIBCPP_3.2.2, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.1: GLIBCPP_3.2.3, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.2: GLIBCPP_3.2.3, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.3: GLIBCPP_3.2.3, CXXABI_1.2.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.0: GLIBCXX_3.4, CXXABI_1.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.1, CXXABI_1.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.2: GLIBCXX_3.4.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.3: GLIBCXX_3.4.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.4, CXXABI_1.3.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.5</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.2: GLIBCXX_3.4.6</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.3: GLIBCXX_3.4.7</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.1.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.8</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.9</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.10, CXXABI_1.3.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.11, CXXABI_1.3.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.12, CXXABI_1.3.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.2: GLIBCXX_3.4.13, CXXABI_1.3.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.5.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.14, CXXABI_1.3.4</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.0: GLIBCXX_3.4.15, CXXABI_1.3.5</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.1: GLIBCXX_3.4.16, CXXABI_1.3.5</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Incremental bumping of a compiler pre-defined macro,
__GXX_ABI_VERSION. This macro is defined as the version of the
- compiler v3 ABI, with g++ 3.0.x being version 100. This macro will
+ compiler v3 ABI, with g++ 3.0 being version 100. This macro will
be automatically defined whenever g++ is used (the curious can
test this by invoking g++ with the '-v' flag.)
</para>
@@ -370,13 +354,13 @@ compatible.
It is versioned as follows, where 'n' is given by '-fabi-version=n':
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.x: 100</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.x: 100 (Error, should be 101)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.x: 102</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.x: 102</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x, gcc-4.[0-5].x: 102 (when n=1)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x, gcc-4.[0-5].x: 1000 + n (when n>1)
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x, gcc-4.[0-5].x: 999999 (when
n=0)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0: 100</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1: 100 (Error, should be 101)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2: 102</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3: 102</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4, GCC 4.x: 102 (when n=1)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4, GCC 4.x: 1000 + n (when n>1) </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4, GCC 4.x: 999999 (when n=0)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para/>
</listitem>
@@ -389,11 +373,11 @@ compatible.
It is versioned as follows:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.x: (Error, not versioned) </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.x: (Error, not versioned) </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.x: <code>-fabi-version=1</code></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.x: <code>-fabi-version=1</code></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x, gcc-4.[0-5].x: <code>-fabi-version=2</code>
<emphasis>(Incompatible with previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0: (Error, not versioned) </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1: (Error, not versioned) </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2: <code>-fabi-version=1</code></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3: <code>-fabi-version=1</code></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4, GCC 4.x: <code>-fabi-version=2</code>
<emphasis>(Incompatible with previous)</emphasis></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para/>
</listitem>
@@ -409,55 +393,69 @@ compatible.
<para>
This macro is defined in the file "c++config" in the
- "libstdc++-v3/include/bits" directory. (Up to gcc-4.1.0, it was
- changed every night by an automated script. Since gcc-4.1.0, it is
+ "libstdc++-v3/include/bits" directory. (Up to GCC 4.1.0, it was
+ changed every night by an automated script. Since GCC 4.1.0, it is
the same value as gcc/DATESTAMP.)
</para>
<para>
It is versioned as follows:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.0: 20010615</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.1: 20010819</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.2: 20011023</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.3: 20011220</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.4: 20020220</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.0: 20020514</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.1: 20020725</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.0: 20020814</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.1: 20021119</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.2: 20030205</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.3: 20030422</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.0: 20030513</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1: 20030804</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2: 20031016</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.3: 20040214</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.0: 20040419</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.1: 20040701</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.2: 20040906</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.3: 20041105</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.4: 20050519</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.5: 20051201</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.6: 20060306</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.0: 20050421</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.1: 20050707</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.2: 20050921</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.3: 20060309</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.0: 20060228</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.1: 20060524</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.2: 20070214</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.0: 20070514</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.1: 20070719</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.2: 20071007</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.3: 20080201</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.4: 20080519</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.0: 20080306</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.1: 20080606</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.2: 20080827</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.3: 20090124</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.0: 20090421</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.1: 20090722</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.2: 20091015</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.0: 20010615</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.1: 20010819</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.2: 20011023</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.3: 20011220</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.4: 20020220</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.0: 20020514</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.1: 20020725</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.0: 20020814</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.1: 20021119</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.2: 20030205</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.3: 20030422</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.0: 20030513</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.1: 20030804</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.2: 20031016</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.3: 20040214</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.0: 20040419</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.1: 20040701</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.2: 20040906</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.3: 20041105</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.4: 20050519</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.5: 20051201</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.6: 20060306</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.0: 20050421</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.1: 20050707</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.2: 20050921</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.0.3: 20060309</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.1.0: 20060228</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.1.1: 20060524</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.1.2: 20070214</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.0: 20070514</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.1: 20070719</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.2: 20071007</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.3: 20080201</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.2.4: 20080519</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.0: 20080306</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.1: 20080606</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.2: 20080827</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.3: 20090124</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.4: 20090804</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.5: 20100522</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.3.6: 20110627</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.0: 20090421</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.1: 20090722</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.2: 20091015</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.3: 20100121</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.4: 20100429</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.5: 20101001</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.4.6: 20110416</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.5.0: 20100414</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.5.1: 20100731</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.5.2: 20101216</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.5.3: 20110428</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.0: 20110325</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.1: 20110627</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.6.2: 20111026</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para/>
</listitem>
@@ -467,7 +465,7 @@ compatible.
Incremental bumping of a library pre-defined macro,
_GLIBCPP_VERSION. This macro is defined as the released version of
the library, as a string literal. This is only implemented in
- gcc-3.1.0 releases and higher, and is deprecated in 3.4 (where it
+ GCC 3.1.0 releases and higher, and is deprecated in 3.4 (where it
is called _GLIBCXX_VERSION).
</para>
@@ -482,23 +480,23 @@ compatible.
It is versioned as follows:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.0: "3.0.0"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.1: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.1")</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.2: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.2")</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.3: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.3")</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.4: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.4")</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.0: "3.1.0"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.1: "3.1.1"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.0: "3.2"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.1: "3.2.1"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.2: "3.2.2"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.3: "3.2.3"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.0: "3.3"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1: "3.3.1"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2: "3.3.2"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.3: "3.3.3"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.x: "version-unused"</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.[0-5].x: "version-unused"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.0: "3.0.0"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.1: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.1")</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.2: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.2")</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.3: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.3")</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.4: "3.0.0" (Error, should be
"3.0.4")</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.0: "3.1.0"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.1: "3.1.1"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.0: "3.2"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.1: "3.2.1"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.2: "3.2.2"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.3: "3.2.3"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.0: "3.3"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.1: "3.3.1"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.2: "3.3.2"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.3: "3.3.3"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4: "version-unused"</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.x: "version-unused"</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para/>
</listitem>
@@ -506,62 +504,38 @@ compatible.
<listitem>
<para>
Matching each specific C++ compiler release to a specific set of
- C++ include files. This is only implemented in gcc-3.1.1 releases
+ C++ include files. This is only implemented in GCC 3.1.1 releases
and higher.
</para>
<para>
- All C++ includes are installed in include/c++, then nest in a
+ All C++ includes are installed in
+ <filename class="directory">include/c++</filename>, then nest in a
directory hierarchy corresponding to the C++ compiler's released
version. This version corresponds to the variable "gcc_version" in
"libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4," and more details can be found in that
- file's macro GLIBCXX_CONFIGURE (GLIBCPP_CONFIGURE before gcc-3.4.0).
+ file's macro GLIBCXX_CONFIGURE (GLIBCPP_CONFIGURE before GCC 3.4.0).
</para>
<para>
C++ includes are versioned as follows:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.0: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.1: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.2: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.3: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.0.4: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.0: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.1.1: include/c++/3.1.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.0: include/c++/3.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.1: include/c++/3.2.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.2: include/c++/3.2.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.2.3: include/c++/3.2.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.0: include/c++/3.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1: include/c++/3.3.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2: include/c++/3.3.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.3: include/c++/3.3.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.0: include/c++/3.4.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.1: include/c++/3.4.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.2: include/c++/3.4.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.3: include/c++/3.4.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.4: include/c++/3.4.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.5: include/c++/3.4.5</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.6: include/c++/3.4.6</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.0: include/c++/4.0.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.1: include/c++/4.0.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.2: include/c++/4.0.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.0.3: include/c++/4.0.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.0: include/c++/4.1.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.1: include/c++/4.1.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.1.2: include/c++/4.1.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.0: include/c++/4.2.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.1: include/c++/4.2.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.2: include/c++/4.2.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.3: include/c++/4.2.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.2.4: include/c++/4.2.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.0: include/c++/4.3.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.1: include/c++/4.3.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.3: include/c++/4.3.3</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.3.4: include/c++/4.3.4</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.0: include/c++/4.4.0</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.1: include/c++/4.4.1</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.4.2: include/c++/4.4.2</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>gcc-4.5.0: include/c++/4.5.0</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.0: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.1: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.2: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.3: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.0.4: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.0: include/g++-v3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.1.1: include/c++/3.1.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.0: include/c++/3.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.1: include/c++/3.2.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.2: include/c++/3.2.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.2.3: include/c++/3.2.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.0: include/c++/3.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.1: include/c++/3.3.1</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.2: include/c++/3.3.2</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.3.3: include/c++/3.3.3</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 3.4.x: include/c++/3.4.x</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>GCC 4.x.y: include/c++/4.x.y</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para/>
</listitem>
@@ -989,8 +963,8 @@ us. We'd like to know about them!
<para>
A "C" application, dynamically linked to two shared libraries, liba,
libb. The dependent library liba is a C++ shared library compiled with
-gcc-3.3.x, and uses io, exceptions, locale, etc. The dependent library
-libb is a C++ shared library compiled with gcc-3.4.x, and also uses io,
+GCC 3.3, and uses io, exceptions, locale, etc. The dependent library
+libb is a C++ shared library compiled with GCC 3.4, and also uses io,
exceptions, locale, etc.
</para>
