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GCC steering committee announces AI policy
2 months ago
- GCC steering committee adopts an AI contributions policy recommended by the AI policy working group.
- The policy declines legally significant contributions containing LLM-generated content or derived from such content.
- Legally significant is defined as around 15 lines of code or text based on GNU Project guidelines.
- Test cases generated by LLMs may be accepted at maintainers' discretion.
- Use of LLMs for research, analysis, bug discovery, and patch review is permitted if output is not included in contributions.
- The policy is expected to evolve and will be reviewed periodically.
GCC to Decline Any Significant Contributions Made via AI/LLMs – Except for Tests
2 months ago
- GCC Steering Committee has approved a policy to decline legally significant code contributions generated or derived from AI/LLMs.
- Exception: legally significant contributions to test cases generated by LLMs are permitted.
- Legally insignificant contributions from LLMs may be accepted if clearly marked.
- The policy aligns with existing GNU policies and will be revisited in early 2027.
Building GCC 1.27
2 months ago
- GCC 1.27, released in 1988, was the first version to support the x86 CPU, and the author built it on a modern 64-bit Ubuntu system.
- The build process was based on Mikhail Maltsev's work but required updates for 64-bit OS, system headers, and enabling the DBX debug format.
- Modern assembler, linker, and debugger handle GCC 1.27's output without issues, and many modern command options like -O, -g, -W work as expected.
- Build steps include installing gcc-multilib, downloading the source and patch, configuring via symlinks, and performing a three-stage bootstrap (make, stage1, stage2) followed by installation.
- The author used GCC 1.27 to build DOOM, noting the lack of a long long type and considering a conversion to 32-bit instructions in long mode for 64-bit compatibility.

GCC steering committee announces AI policy

GCC to Decline Any Significant Contributions Made via AI/LLMs – Except for Tests

Building GCC 1.27