Linaro GCC 4.8 and 4.7 2013.12 released

Written for Linaro GCC by Christophe Lyon on 2014-01-06

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the
release of both Linaro GCC 4.8 and Linaro GCC 4.7.

Linaro GCC 4.7 2013.12 is the twentiy first release in the 4.7
series. Based off the latest GCC 4.7.4+svn205768 release, this is the
eighth release after entering maintenance.

Interesting changes include:
 * Updates to GCC 4.7.4+svn205768
 * Fixed MULTILIB_DEFAULTS in linux-eabi case.

Linaro GCC 4.8 2013.12 is the ninth release in the 4.8 series. Based
off the latest GCC 4.8.3+svn205577 release, it includes performance
improvements and bug fixes.

Interesting changes include:
* Updates to GCC 4.8.3+svn205577
* AArch64: enable build of libjava and libatomic. Change frame growth
  direction, thus enabling libssp build.

The source tarballs are available from:
 http://releases.linaro.org/13.12/components/toolchain/gcc-linaro/4.7
 http://releases.linaro.org/13.12/components/toolchain/gcc-linaro/4.8

Downloads are available from the Linaro Releases website:
 http://www.linaro.org/downloads/

More information on the features and issues are available from the
release pages:
 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/4.7/4.7-2013.12
 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/4.8/4.8-2013.12

Mailing list: http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain

Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/

Questions? https://ask.linaro.org/

Interested in commercial support? Inquire at support@linaro.org

Updated on 2014-01-06.