Software Update: GNU Compiler Collection 6.5

The developers and members of the GNU Project have released a new version of GNU Compiler Collection. The set of compilers has arrived at version number 6.5, and it supports c, c++, objective-c, objective-c++, java, fortran, ada, and go. This list can be expanded to include pascal, mercury, and cobol by adding the necessary front-ends. Version 6.5 is also the last version in the 6.x branch, as the announcement below shows:

GCC 6.5 Released

The GNU Compiler Collection version 6.5 has been released.

GCC 6.5 is a bug-fix release from the GCC 6 branch containing important fixes for regressions and serious bugs in GCC 6.4 with more than 250 bugs fixed since the previous release.

This is also the last release from the GCC 6 branch, GCC continues to be maintained on the GCC 7 and GCC 8 branches and the development trunk.

This is the list of problem reports (PRs) from GCC’s bug tracking system that are known to be fixed in the 6.5 release. This list might not be complete (that is, it is possible that some PRs that have been fixed are not listed here).