This directory contains binaries of GPC for various platforms.

Please note:

- Pick the correct binary for you platform. A binary for Linux on
  IA32 won't run under Linux/Sparc, neither under DJGPP/IA32, of
  course. (IA32 is a generic term for 80386, 80486, Pentium, K6 and
  compatible processors, also known as x86.)

- Get the binary `-with-gcc' unless you have GCC already installed
  in *exactly* the same `lib' directory (note, many systems install
  a different GCC version or even the same or almost the same
  version in another directory).

  If you have GCC installed in the same directory and get GPC
  `-with-gcc', it will overwrite some of GCC's files. Normally, this
  should be harmless since the files will be equivalent.

  If you don't have GCC installed in the same directory and get GPC
  without gcc, GPC won't find some parts. You can often work around
  this by copying or symlinking them from your GCC installation (see
  the mailing list archives for examples), but it's generally safer
  and usually easier (except for the larger download) to get GPC
  `-with-gcc' then.

  The GPC archives `-with-gcc' do *not* contain a `gcc' executable,
  only the other parts of GCC that reside below the `lib' directory.
  So it won't overwrite a GCC installation in another directory. If
  you had not installed GCC before, you won't have a `gcc'
  executable after installing GPC (though the `gpc' executable can
  also be used to compile C programs).

- The GPC binaries work correctly only when extracted in the same
  directory they were built for (usually /usr/local under Unix
  systems), i.e. if the archives are extracted from the root
  directory.
  
  Exception: DJGPP binaries are extracted from the DJGPP main
  directory ($DJDIR) and work there, whereever it actually is (like
  other DJGPP packages).

- Every official distribution comes with a GnuPG/PGP signature that
  you can verify to make sure it was not damaged (during download or
  by malicious attackers).

- According to the GNU GPL, you get the sources (GPC and GCC) on the
  other download pages, and if you pass a GPC binary on to someone
  else, you also have to give them the sources or offer to do so.
  Please see the enclosed file COPYING for details.