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diff --git a/gcc/doc/trouble.texi b/gcc/doc/trouble.texi index 15ced5f..a2e6de4 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/trouble.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/trouble.texi @@ -494,10 +494,12 @@ as to use the proper set, but you'll have to do this by hand. @section Standard Libraries @opindex Wall -GCC by itself attempts to be a conforming freestanding implementation. +GCC by itself attempts to provide the compiler part of a conforming +implementation, but only a limited subset of the library part of such +an implementation. @xref{Standards,,Language Standards Supported by GCC}, for details of -what this means. Beyond the library facilities required of such an -implementation, the rest of the C library is supplied by the vendor of +what this means. Beyond the limited library facilities described +there, the rest of the C library is supplied by the vendor of the operating system. If that C library doesn't conform to the C standards, then your programs might get warnings (especially when using @option{-Wall}) that you don't expect. |