Where is the source for GCC 8.3.1

Where is the source for GCC 8.3.1

[Mark Ito]

Folks,

Out in the wild, I see several Linux distributions that use GCC 8.3.1. But
in the GCC git repository there is no such tag. releases/gcc-8.3.0 is the
closest. Two questions:

1) Should I worry about the difference between 8.3.0 and 8.3.1?
2) If so, where do I get the source for 8.3.1?

Any help appreciated.

  -- Mark

-- 
Mark M. Ito
markito3@gmail.com

Re: Where is the source for GCC 8.3.1

[Xi Ruoyao]

On Fri, 2021-07-23 at 14:36 -0400, Mark Ito via Gcc-help wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Out in the wild, I see several Linux distributions that use GCC 8.3.1.
> But
> in the GCC git repository there is no such tag. releases/gcc-8.3.0 is
> the
> closest. Two questions:
> 
> 1) Should I worry about the difference between 8.3.0 and 8.3.1?

In 99% cases, no.  But there are still those 1% cases where 8.3.0 may
crash ("internal compiler error") building something, but "8.3.1" will
work.

> 2) If so, where do I get the source for 8.3.1?

GCC upstream have not release x.y.1 (since 5.1.0 release).  x.y.1 is
just "some commit between x.y.0 and x.(y+1).0".

And distros may apply some their own modifications unknown by upstream.
For example, Ubuntu is modifying their GCC code to enable -fPIE by
default. The modifications (in .patch or .diff files) or modified GCC
source tree should be available somewhere on the website of the distro.
-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University

Re: Where is the source for GCC 8.3.1

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, 19:37 Mark Ito via Gcc-help, <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Out in the wild, I see several Linux distributions that use GCC 8.3.1. But
> in the GCC git repository there is no such tag. releases/gcc-8.3.0 is the
> closest. Two questions:
>
> 1) Should I worry about the difference between 8.3.0 and 8.3.1?
> 2) If so, where do I get the source for 8.3.1?
>

See https://gcc.gnu.org/develop.html#num_scheme

Every commit between the 8.3.0 release and the 8.4.0 release identifies
itself as 8.3.1, so it just means "any snapshot between releases".




>

Re: Where is the source for GCC 8.3.1

[Mark Ito]

Thanks all for the info. That helps.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 6:59 PM Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, 19:37 Mark Ito via Gcc-help, <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Out in the wild, I see several Linux distributions that use GCC 8.3.1. But
>> in the GCC git repository there is no such tag. releases/gcc-8.3.0 is the
>> closest. Two questions:
>>
>> 1) Should I worry about the difference between 8.3.0 and 8.3.1?
>> 2) If so, where do I get the source for 8.3.1?
>>
>
> See https://gcc.gnu.org/develop.html#num_scheme
>
> Every commit between the 8.3.0 release and the 8.4.0 release identifies
> itself as 8.3.1, so it just means "any snapshot between releases".
>
>
>
>
>>

-- 
Mark M. Ito
markito3@gmail.com