Hi Bernd,
I think you are missing my point :) I'm not talking about boinc. I'm only talking about the example apps in sample directory http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git;a=tree;f=samples;h=3d82a4147a2770882369fb92849d209f85ba3347;hb=HEAD so the boinc client and manager are not affected by this. bests Gianfranco ----- Messaggio originale ----- > Da: Bernd Machenschalk <bernd.machensch...@aei.mpg.de> > A: Gianfranco Costamagna <costamagnagianfra...@yahoo.it> > Cc: David Anderson <da...@ssl.berkeley.edu>; "boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu" > <boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu> > Inviato: Lunedì 8 Luglio 2013 10:30 > Oggetto: Re: [boinc_dev] boinc libstdc++ linking > > On 08.07.13 09:38, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > >> With newer ubuntu releases the static linking can be safely dropped (at > least for what concernes the building phase). >> >> If that one was a workaround for older gcc version I think this is time to > drop it. >> >> (even because it was working for really older gcc versions, stopped working > for the middle gcc version and now works again) > > IIRC Linking libstdc++ statically is a solution for Linus systems that don't > have a libstdc++(.so) at all. In the old days libstdc++ was only > installed with e.g. g++, which isn't installed by default. This might have > changed with modern distros, but there are still some old installations > around. > > If statically linking libstdc++ doesn't work on some systems for some > reason, these systems should be checked for in configure and may link > libstdc++ > dynamically, but I don't think static linking should be dropped altogether. > > Best, > Bernd > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.