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Use GCC 12 as system gcc

From gcc-12-default 12.5.0-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running gcov-tool --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: gcov-tool [OPTION]... SUB_COMMAND [OPTION]...

Offline tool to handle gcda counts

  -h, --help                            Print this help, then exit
  -v, --version                         Print version number, then exit
  merge [options] <dir1> <dir2>         Merge coverage file contents
    -o, --output <dir>                  Output directory
    -v, --verbose                       Verbose mode
    -w, --weight <w1,w2>                Set weights (float point values)
  rewrite [options] <dir>               Rewrite coverage file contents
    -n, --normalize <int64_t>           Normalize the profile
    -o, --output <dir>                  Output directory
    -s, --scale <float or simple-frac>  Scale the profile counters
    -v, --verbose                       Verbose mode
  overlap [options] <dir1> <dir2>       Compute the overlap of two profiles
    -f, --function                      Print function level info
    -F, --fullname                      Print full filename
    -h, --hotonly                       Only print info for hot objects/functions
    -o, --object                        Print object level info
    -t <float>, --hot_threshold <float> Set the threshold for hotness
    -v, --verbose                       Verbose mode

For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<https://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/>.
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpPrint this help, then exithelp
-v, --versionPrint version number, then exithelp
-o, --output dirOutput directoryhelp
-w, --weight w1Set weights (float point values)help
-n, --normalize int64_tNormalize the profilehelp
-s, --scale floatScale the profile countershelp
-f, --functionPrint function level infohelp
-F, --fullnamePrint full filenamehelp

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