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Prevent Trojan Source attacks with GCC 12

David Malcolm

Discover how Red Hat protects GCC 12 code from Trojan Source attacks. Learn how we defend our customers against this recent software vulnerability.

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Static analysis updates in GCC 11

David Malcolm

Get an overview of fixes and enhancements to the -fanalyzer static analysis pass, currently being updated for security, state tracking, and more in GCC 11.

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Static analysis in GCC 10

David Malcolm

Discover the new -fanalyzer option coming to GCC 10 that provides a static analysis pass to identify problems at compile-time, rather than at runtime.

GNU C library
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Usability improvements in GCC 9

David Malcolm

The upcoming GCC 9 release will have improved diagnostic messages, simpler C++ errors, more accurate error location reporting, and optional machine readable output for developer tools.

GNU C library
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Usability improvements in GCC 8

David Malcolm

This article summarizes work that was done to make GCC 8 more usable by providing easier to understand warning and error messages. Many of these improvements will help you quickly recognize those common silly mistakes.