Modify fipsld such that it uses gcc to compile the .c file (which you're not
allowed to modify), and links your application with g++. The changes are
pretty straight-forward, and don't affect what you can say about your
application and FIPS 140.
You could also leave fipsld alone and modify you
Linking the FIPS capable libraries to our code is proving to be a real pain
in the butt. The problem stems from the fact that long before I arrived it
was decided that everything is to be linked statically. So that means that
fipsld is needed. To compound things our code is c++ and compiled using g
