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Source Tree Structure and Build System
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This chapter describes the structure of the GCC source tree, and how
GCC is built.  The user documentation for building and installing GCC
is in a separate manual (https://gcc.gnu.org/install/), with
which it is presumed that you are familiar.

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 2

  source-tree-structure-and-build-system/configure-terms-and-history
  source-tree-structure-and-build-system/top-level-source-directory
  source-tree-structure-and-build-system/the-gcc-subdirectory