[WWWDOCS] gcc-5/changes.html: Mention that C FE can be build as libcc1.so

I think it is useful to know that one can build libcc1.so - also as
advertisement. Thus, I propose to include something like the quip in
the attachment.

GDB uses it in version 7.9, which is not yet released but already
branched off.

OK?  - Other suggestions or comments?


Tobias

On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 09:44:20AM +0000, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> I think it is useful to know that one can build libcc1.so - also as
> advertisement. Thus, I propose to include something like the quip in
> the attachment.
> 
> GDB uses it in version 7.9, which is not yet released but already
> branched off.
> 
> OK?  - Other suggestions or comments?
> 
> 
> Tobias

> Index: htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html,v
> retrieving revision 1.78
> diff -u -p -r1.78 changes.html
> --- htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html	5 Feb 2015 13:52:05 -0000	1.78
> +++ htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html	6 Feb 2015 08:20:50 -0000
> @@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ calloc (size_t x, size_t y)
>  	<code>-Wno-discarded-qualifiers</code>.</li>
>      <li>The C front end now generates more precise caret diagnostics.</li>
>      <li>The -pg option now only affects the current file in a LTO build.</li>
> +    <li>The C front end can now also be build as library, which is for instance
> +	used by <a
> +        href="https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=gdb-7.9-branch"
> +	>gdb 7.9</a> for compiling source code used for code injection.</li>

Sorry to meddle, but how about:

  The C front end can now be built and used as a library (libcc1.so).
  This will be used by <a href=...>GDB 7.9</a> to compile source code
  used for code injection.

Thanks,
James

On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 10:44:20AM +0100, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> I think it is useful to know that one can build libcc1.so - also as
> advertisement. Thus, I propose to include something like the quip in
> the attachment.
> 
> GDB uses it in version 7.9, which is not yet released but already
> branched off.
> 
> OK?  - Other suggestions or comments?

Well, I would certainly not describe libcc1.so as C front end built as a
library, there is no FE code in it; it is a library to invoke gcc with
a special plugin, and I doubt it can be easily used for anything but GDB.

> Index: htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html,v
> retrieving revision 1.78
> diff -u -p -r1.78 changes.html
> --- htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html	5 Feb 2015 13:52:05 -0000	1.78
> +++ htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html	6 Feb 2015 08:20:50 -0000
> @@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ calloc (size_t x, size_t y)
>  	<code>-Wno-discarded-qualifiers</code>.</li>
>      <li>The C front end now generates more precise caret diagnostics.</li>
>      <li>The -pg option now only affects the current file in a LTO build.</li>
> +    <li>The C front end can now also be build as library, which is for instance
> +	used by <a
> +        href="https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=gdb-7.9-branch"
> +	>gdb 7.9</a> for compiling source code used for code injection.</li>
>    </ul>
>  
>  <h3 id="cxx">C++</h3>


	Jakub

Hi Tobias,

On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> I think it is useful to know that one can build libcc1.so - also as
> advertisement. Thus, I propose to include something like the quip in
> the attachment.

Index: htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html
===================================================================
+    <li>The C front end can now also be build as library, which is for instance
+	used by <a
+        href="https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=gdb-7.9-branch"
+	>gdb 7.9</a> for compiling source code used for code injection.</li>

that would be "built as a library", and I believe "GDB 7.9".

Okay with these changes.

Thank you,
Gerald