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title: xPack MinGW-w64 GCC v11.5.0-1 released | ||
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summary: "Version **11.5.0-1** is a maintenance release; it updates to | ||
the latest upstream master." | ||
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summary: "Version **11.5.0-1** is a new release; it follows the official GNU GCC release." | ||
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gcc_version: "11.5.0" | ||
gcc_version_major: "11" | ||
gcc_release_date: "19 July 2024" | ||
binutils_version: "2.42" | ||
binutils_release_url: "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-01/msg00016.html" | ||
binutils_date: "29 Jan 2024" | ||
mingw_release: "12.0.0" | ||
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version: "11.5.0-1" | ||
npm_subversion: "1" | ||
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download_url: https://github.com/xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc-xpack/releases/tag/v11.5.0-1/ | ||
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comments: true | ||
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date: 2024-07-28 16:30:11 +0300 | ||
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# For Jekyll releases selection. | ||
categories: | ||
- releases | ||
- mingw-w64-gcc | ||
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# For navigation; use scripts/createtag.sh in Jekyll. | ||
tags: | ||
- releases | ||
- gcc | ||
- mingw | ||
- mingw-w64 | ||
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--- | ||
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[The xPack MinGW-w64 GCC](https://xpack.github.io/mingw-w64-gcc/) | ||
is a standalone cross-platform binary distribution of | ||
[Mingw-w64](https://www.mingw-w64.org) | ||
[GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org). | ||
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There are separate binaries for **Windows** (Intel 64-bit), | ||
**macOS** (Intel 64-bit, Apple Silicon 64-bit) | ||
and **GNU/Linux** (Intel 64-bit, Arm 32/64-bit). | ||
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{% include note.html content="The main targets for the Arm binaries | ||
are the **Raspberry Pi** class devices (armv7l and aarch64; | ||
armv6 is not supported)." %} | ||
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## Download | ||
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The binary files are available from GitHub [Releases]({{ page.download_url }}). | ||
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## Prerequisites | ||
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- GNU/Linux Intel 64-bit: any system with **GLIBC 2.27** or higher | ||
(like Ubuntu 18 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 later, | ||
Fedora 29 or later, etc) | ||
- GNU/Linux Arm 32/64-bit: any system with **GLIBC 2.27** or higher | ||
(like Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu 18 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 later, | ||
Fedora 29 or later, etc) | ||
- Intel Windows 64-bit: Windows 7 with the Universal C Runtime | ||
([UCRT](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows-c0514201-7fe6-95a3-b0a5-287930f3560c)), | ||
Windows 8, Windows 10 | ||
- Intel macOS 64-bit: 10.13 or later | ||
- Apple Silicon macOS 64-bit: 11.6 or later | ||
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## Install | ||
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The full details of installing the **xPack MinGW-w64 GCC** on various platforms | ||
are presented in the separate | ||
[Install]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev-tools/gcc/install/) page. | ||
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### Easy install | ||
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The easiest way to install GCC is with | ||
[`xpm`]({{ site.baseurl }}/xpm/) | ||
by using the **binary xPack**, available as | ||
[`@xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc) | ||
from the [`npmjs.com`](https://www.npmjs.com) registry. | ||
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With the `xpm` tool available, installing | ||
the latest version of the package and adding it as | ||
a development dependency for a project is quite easy: | ||
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```sh | ||
cd my-project | ||
xpm init # Add a package.json if not already present | ||
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xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc@latest --verbose | ||
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ls -l xpacks/.bin | ||
``` | ||
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To install this specific version, use: | ||
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```sh | ||
xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc@{{ page.version }}.{{ page.npm_subversion }} --verbose | ||
``` | ||
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It is also possible to install Meson Build globally, in the user home folder, | ||
but this requires xPack aware tools to automatically identify them and | ||
manage paths. | ||
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```sh | ||
xpm install --global @xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc@latest --verbose | ||
``` | ||
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### Uninstall | ||
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To remove the links created by xpm in the current project: | ||
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```sh | ||
cd my-project | ||
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xpm uninstall @xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc | ||
``` | ||
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To completely remove the package from the central xPack store: | ||
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```sh | ||
xpm uninstall --global @xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc | ||
``` | ||
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## Compliance | ||
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The xPack MinGW-w64 GCC generally follows the official | ||
[GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html) releases. | ||
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The current version is based on: | ||
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- GCC version [{{ page.gcc_version }}](https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-{{ page.gcc_version_major }}/) from {{ page.gcc_release_date }}; | ||
- binutils version | ||
[{{ page.binutils_version }}]({{ page.binutils_release_url }}) | ||
from {{ page.binutils_date }} | ||
- MinGW-w64 version [{{ page.mingw_release }}](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-release/) | ||
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## Supported languages | ||
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The supported languages are: | ||
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- C | ||
- C++ | ||
- Fortran | ||
- Obj-C | ||
- Obj-C++ | ||
- Fortran | ||
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Note: Obj-C/C++ support is minimalistic. | ||
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## Changes | ||
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Compared to the upstream, there are no functional changes. | ||
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## Bug fixes | ||
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- none | ||
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## Enhancements | ||
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- none | ||
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## Known problems | ||
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Please see the separate | ||
[tests results page](/dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc/tests/11.5.0-1/). | ||
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## Shared libraries | ||
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On all platforms the packages are standalone, and expect only the standard | ||
runtime to be present on the host. | ||
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All dependencies that are build as shared libraries are copied locally | ||
in the `libexec` folder (or in the same folder as the executable for Windows). | ||
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### `-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++` | ||
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To avoid issues with DLLs, specific when using toolchains installed | ||
in custom locations, it is highly recommended to use only the | ||
static versions of the GCC libraries. | ||
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For C programs, append `-static-libgcc` to the linker line. | ||
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For C++ programs, since the toolchain is configured to use POSIX threads, | ||
instead of `-static-libstdc++`, use the more explicit variant | ||
`-Wl,-Bstatic,-lstdc++,-lpthread,-Bdynamic` when invoking the linker. | ||
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### `DT_RPATH` and `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` | ||
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On GNU/Linux the binaries are adjusted to use a relative path: | ||
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```console | ||
$ readelf -d library.so | grep runpath | ||
0x000000000000001d (RPATH) Library rpath: [$ORIGIN] | ||
``` | ||
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In the GNU ld.so search strategy, the `DT_RPATH` has | ||
the highest priority, higher than `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, so if this later one | ||
is set in the environment, it should not interfere with the xPack binaries. | ||
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Please note that previous versions, up to mid-2020, used `DT_RUNPATH`, which | ||
has a priority lower than `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, and does not tolerate setting | ||
it in the environment. | ||
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### `@rpath` and `@loader_path` | ||
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Similarly, on macOS, the binaries are adjusted with `install_name_tool` to use a | ||
relative path. | ||
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## Documentation | ||
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To save space and bandwidth, the original GNU GCC documentation is available | ||
[online](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/). | ||
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## Build | ||
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The binaries for all supported platforms | ||
(Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux) were built using the | ||
[xPack Build Box (XBB)](https://xpack.github.io/xbb/), a set | ||
of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be | ||
compatible with most recent systems. | ||
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For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the | ||
[How to build](https://github.com/xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc-xpack/blob/xpack/README-BUILD.md) page. | ||
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## CI tests | ||
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Before publishing, a set of simple tests were performed on an exhaustive | ||
set of platforms. The results are available from: | ||
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- [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc-xpack/actions/) | ||
- [Travis CI](https://app.travis-ci.com/github/xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc-xpack/builds/) | ||
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## Tests | ||
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The binaries were tested on a variety of platforms, | ||
but mainly to check the integrity of the | ||
build, not the compiler functionality. | ||
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## Checksums | ||
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The SHA-256 hashes for the files are: | ||
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```txt | ||
2cb2f7d94d6e7254803f34dc3eb44073c97875771f0a977b4cd583cac5d8e7e3 | ||
xpack-mingw-w64-gcc-11.5.0-1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz | ||
22b003a30e6aa2b4d634ca03c9a6ea9d20062e430854e42f8c6f2a0d03692a21 | ||
xpack-mingw-w64-gcc-11.5.0-1-darwin-x64.tar.gz | ||
748ba586edd7e9c6a6690336e74c2da798f732df991872d399a502cb79f5b0ff | ||
xpack-mingw-w64-gcc-11.5.0-1-linux-arm.tar.gz | ||
d79cb29d0ab5ade45cf7748cfd0749acd27cc019565eb664a263af6e6e332d9f | ||
xpack-mingw-w64-gcc-11.5.0-1-linux-arm64.tar.gz | ||
f8eaf420ad20c0f5213b058f004d4e50ab0bbfd4e99c6be2217f9739369f25bf | ||
xpack-mingw-w64-gcc-11.5.0-1-linux-x64.tar.gz | ||
74df35aa1c68ac73549817cb5dc6e0add312a374f509aac1ecafb3feaaab87c7 | ||
xpack-mingw-w64-gcc-11.5.0-1-win32-x64.zip | ||
``` | ||
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## Deprecation notices | ||
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### Linux minimum requirements | ||
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The minimum requirement is **GLIBC 2.27**, available starting | ||
with Ubuntu 18, Debian 10 and RedHat 8. | ||
Support for RedHat 7 was dropped in 2022. | ||
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### 32-bit support | ||
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Support for 32-bit Intel Linux and Intel Windows was | ||
dropped in 2022. | ||
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### Pre-deprecation notice for 32-bit Arm Linux | ||
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Due to the large user base of 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems, | ||
support for 32-bit Arm Linux (armv7l) will be preserved | ||
for a little while, but expect it to be dropped by 2025, | ||
so it is recommended to consider an upgrade to a RPi 4 or 5 with | ||
at least 4 GB (preferably 8 GB) of RAM. | ||
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## Pre-deprecation notice for Ubuntu 18.04 | ||
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ reached the end of the standard five-year | ||
maintenance window for Long-Term Support (LTS) release on 31 May 2023. | ||
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As a courtesy, the xPack GNU/Linux releases will continue to be based on | ||
Ubuntu 18.04 for another year. | ||
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From 2025 onwards, the GNU/Linux binaries will be built on **Debian 10**, | ||
(**GLIBC 2.28**), and are also expected to run on RedHat 8. | ||
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Users are urged to update their build and test infrastructure to | ||
ensure a smooth transition to the next xPack releases. | ||
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## Download analytics | ||
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- GitHub [xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc-xpack](https://github.com/xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc-xpack/) | ||
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- latest releases [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/@xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@xpack-dev-tools/mingw-w64-gcc/) | ||
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Credit to [Shields IO](https://shields.io) for the badges and to | ||
[Somsubhra/github-release-stats](https://github.com/Somsubhra/github-release-stats) | ||
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