Advance Toolchain 16.0-0

Advance Toolchain new location

Since the end of August 2019, Advance Toolchain has been available from a new FTP server: public.dhe.ibm.com

Please be advised the FTP server at Unicamp won't be updated any longer.

New features in 16.0-0

• GCC provides:
  • Version 12.2, see the release notes for details.
• GNU C Library provides:
  • Version 2.36, see the release notes for details.
  • Fix for CMSG_NXTHDR may trigger -Wstrict-overflow warning.
  • Fix for __dlopen now ignores dl_caller argument in static mode.
  • Fix for dl-cache.c:513: undefined reference to `strcpy' with -Og or -O1 (doesn't happen with -O2).
  • Fix for Make hangs when the test misc/tst-pidfile returns FAIL_UNSUPPORTED.
• Binutils provides:
  • Version 2.39, see the release notes for details.
  • Fix for gas-2.39 started adding 0-sized DIEs to functions without .size.
  • Fix for internal error in relocate, at powerpc.cc:10796.
  • Fix for APP/NO_APP with linefile.
• GNU Debugger provides:
  • Version 12.1, see the release notes for details.
  • Fix for core-file -> detach -> crash.
• OpenSSL provides:
  • Version 3.0.5, see the release notes for details.
• Expat provides:
  • Version 2.4.8, see the release notes for details.
• Python provides:
  • Version 3.10.6, see the release notes for details.
• Boost provides:
  • Version 1.79.0, see the release notes for details.
• libnxz provides:
  • Version 0.64, see the release notes for details.
• Power Vector Library provides:
  • Version 1.0.4.4, see the release notes for details.
• Valgrind provides:
  • Version 3.19.0, see the release notes for details.
• zlib provides:
  • Version 1.2.12, see the release notes for details.
• Userspace RCU provides:
  • Version 0.13.2, see the release notes for details.

Packages in 16.0-0

• The Advance Toolchain is a self contained toolchain which isn't reliant on the base system toolchain.
• Base toolchain packages:
  • GNU Binutils - 2.39.0-08aa4430eacd online docs
  • Expat XML Parser - 2.4.8-3bab6c09bbe8 online docs
  • GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) - 12.2.1-b0ff528627f9 [C, C++ (g++), fortran, Go] online docs
  • GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (Libstdc++-v3) - 12.2.1-b0ff528627f9 online docs
  • GNU Libgomp - 12.2.1-b0ff528627f9 online docs
  • GNU C Library - 2.36-5c62874f423a online docs
  • GNU Multiple Precision Library - 6.1.2 online docs
  • GNU MPC Library - 1.1.0-69ad1bcb8e9e online docs
  • GNU MPFR Library - 4.0.2 online docs
• Additional support libraries, including some additional floating point support libraries:
  • Decimal Floating Point C Library - 1.0.16-ff629deadfd1 online docs
  • Libhugetlbfs - 2.23-6b126a4d7da9 online docs
  • Libvecpf - 1.1.0 online docs
  • Open Secure Sockets Layer - 3.0.5-ad4910fad22d online docs
  • IBM Power Architecture Facilities Library - 0.3.0-cbb41aa0538a online docs
  • Power Vector Library - 1.0.4.4-60759126a0f6 online docs
  • Python - 3.10.6-442674e37eb8 online docs
  • TCMalloc - 2.9.1-f7c6fb6c8e99 online docs
  • ZLIB Compression Library - 1.2.12-21767c654d31 online docs
• Development tools:
  • GDB (GNU Debugger) - 12.1.90-475b809dc39a online docs
• Additional performance and debugging tools:
  • Valgrind - 3.19.0-8d3c8034b87d online docs
• Additional multi core support libraries:
  • Boost - 1.79.0 online docs
  • SPHDE - 1.4.0-10897accedb5 online docs
  • Userspace RCU - 0.13.2-7b5e588cb5c1 online docs
  • Thread Building Blocks - 2021.6.0-4533e4ff0f0a online docs
• POWER NX zlib compliant library:
  • NX GZIP library - 0.64-ba21450f7e4a online docs