Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1998/08/29/12:22:19
Date sent: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 11:33:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: c++ linking faq
>
> > > Can we just change gcc to always try to link in the stdc++ library if
> > > it's installed? I'm getting sick of that issue popping up on the
> > > newsgroup.
> >
> > It's possible with rather simple editting specs file but then another
> > problem will appear if somebody does not want to install C++
> > support (libstdcxx.a is in gpp281b.zip not gcc281b.zip and as I
> > think should be there). So I'm against such solution.
>
> That's why I said "if it's installed".
>
Anyway this is not universal cure as will not help with LFN related
problems which are almost equaly frequent. I don't think that we
should provide checks for all possible problems that poeple that
are often encountered. I think that we should avoid modifying gcc
unless really necessary (for example going into infinite loop when
DJGPP instalation were broken were such problem that should
have a fix, see discussions in May).
Andris
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