On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 09:24:34AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 10:13:17AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 10:49:21AM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> > > >> Gerhard Tonn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > >  > The disadvantage is that we must know all C++ packages in advance.
> > 
> > >  A large majority of C++ packages depend on libstdc++*; the ones that
> > >  doesn't are probably libraries which have been linked using cc instead
> > >  of c++.  For example libsigc++-1.1-5 and libgtkmm1.3-14 would pass
> > >  unnoticed even if they are both C++ libraries.  This *might be*
> > >  symptomatic of libtool libraries, counterexamples appreciated.  In this
> > >  case you'd have to look for typical C++ symbols in the output of, say,
> > >  objdump -T, e.g. __pure_virtual, __dynamic_cast.  In general you'd have
> > >  to look for traces of C++ mangling.
> > 
> > It should be easy enough to find all the C++ libraries that need to be
> > recompiled.  First, find all the packages that depend on some version of
> 
> There's also the case that with gcc-2.95, you could cheat and write C++
> without using the standard lib, and not have to link it.  This ability is
> gone with 3.0 and higher.  (note that telnet depends on libstdc++ on
> hppa -- but not any other arch).

Eh?  You should be able to link in just -lsupc++ and get everything
necessary.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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