# Which gcc version **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 7, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227 "2009-03-07T01:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227/1 "2009-03-07T01:45:03Z")
Is there a way to know which version of gcc was used with a certain ruby binary? Thanks! -=r ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227/2 "2009-03-07T02:22:17Z")
On Mar 6, 2009, at 16:43, Roger P. wrote: > Is there a way to know which version of gcc was used with a certain > ruby > binary? no. ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227/3 "2009-03-07T13:30:53Z")
Eric H. wrote: > On Mar 6, 2009, at 16:43, Roger P. wrote: > > > Is there a way to know which version of gcc was used with a certain > > ruby binary? > > no. I’m curious: Why would someone want to know that? ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227/4 "2009-03-09T16:48:23Z")
Jeff S. wrote: > Eric H. wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2009, at 16:43, Roger P. wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to know which version of gcc was used with a certain > > > ruby binary? > > > > no. > > I’m curious: Why would someone want to know that? I was looking for a way to include it in the output of the ruby benchmark suite so that the logs were more descriptive of which version of Ruby was being run 🙂 Currently I can glean this information from rbconfig: Ruby VM: ruby [ruby 1.8.6 (2008-07-17 patchlevel 279) [i386-mingw32];-g -O2] The -O2 is quite useful [don’t want to compare versions that are compiled with different -O settings and call it fair]… The version of GCC would also be useful for the same reason. -=r [1] [GitHub - acangiano/ruby-benchmark-suite: A set of Ruby benchmarks for testing Ruby implementations.](http://github.com/acangiano/ruby-benchmark-suite/tree/master) ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227/5 "2009-03-09T19:16:52Z")
On Mar 9, 2009, at 08:46, Roger P. wrote: > I was looking for a way to include it in the output of the ruby > benchmark suite so that the logs were more descriptive of which > version > of Ruby was being run 🙂 > > Currently I can glean this information from rbconfig: > Ruby VM: ruby [ruby 1.8.6 (2008-07-17 patchlevel 279) [i386- mingw32];-g > -O2] You only want the options passed to GCC? They’re in rbconfig.rb ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227/6 "2009-03-09T19:50:26Z")
Ryan D. wrote: > On Mar 9, 2009, at 08:46 , Roger P. wrote: > > > I was looking for a way to include it in the output of the ruby > > benchmark suite so that the logs were more descriptive of which > > version > > of Ruby was being run > > why not build the ruby yourself as part of the benchmark suite? then > “gcc --version” is valid. Good idea. re: which options I want. I have the info in rbconfig [parameters] but I was wondering if ruby knew which version of the compiler was used for itself somehow 🙂 -=r ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-gcc-version/162227/7 "2009-03-09T19:23:55Z")
On Mar 9, 2009, at 08:46 , Roger P. wrote: > I was looking for a way to include it in the output of the ruby > benchmark suite so that the logs were more descriptive of which > version > of Ruby was being run why not build the ruby yourself as part of the benchmark suite? then “gcc --version” is valid.