GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) Internals: Source Tree

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6 Source Tree Structure and Build System

This chapter describes the structure of the GCC source tree, and how GCC is built. The user documentation for building and installing GCC is in a separate manual (http://gcc.gnu.org/install/), with which it is presumed that you are familiar.

• Configure Terms:    Configuration terminology and history.
• Top Level:    The top level source directory.
• gcc Directory:    The gcc subdirectory.