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 <GerhardTonn@swol.de> 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). -- Ryan Murray, Debian Developer (rmurray@cyberhqz.com, rmurray@debian.org) The opinions expressed here are my own.
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