SUSE-OU-2015:1803-1

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SUSE-OU-2015:1803-1

Summary: Optional update for gcc5, binutils and gdb

Details: The core toolchain components were updated to newer version to bring various features, improved performance and usability, and also bugfixes. This GNU Compiler Collection feature update is provided for the Intel/AMD x86_64, IBM zSeries and IBM PowerPC 64bit architectures. The GNU Compiler Collection 5.2 is provided new with this update. Changes to previously released GCC 4.8 series are documented on: https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html and https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html Major features: * AddressSanitzer, UndefinedBehaviour and PointerBoundsChecker checking frameworks were added. * Lots of Register Allocation, Link Time, Interprocedural and Feedback Directed optimization improvements were done. * Architecture support for IBM zSeries z13. * The new libstdc++ CXX11 ABI is available, (The old ABI is still used by default.) The binutils suite was updated to version 2.25.0, bringing new platform support, features and and bugfixes, including: * IBM zSeries z13 hardware support (fate#318036, bnc#936050). * various IBM Power8 improvements (fate#318238, bnc#926412). * AVX512 support on the Intel EM64T platform (fate#318520). * CVE-2012-3509: Fixed a integer overflow in libiberty. The GNU Debugger gdb was updated to version 7.9.1, bringing new platform support, features and bugfixes. The gdb update also includes IBM zSeries z13 support.

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement//suse-ou-20151803-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/776968, https://bugzilla.suse.com/877566, https://bugzilla.suse.com/891040, https://bugzilla.suse.com/896586, https://bugzilla.suse.com/936050, https://bugzilla.suse.com/943792, https://bugzilla.suse.com/945634, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3509