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Re: fixed libstdc++5 package



Alex Romosan writes:
> Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:
> 
> > A fixed libstdc++ package (0pre7) has been uploaded to incoming. You
> > can get it from
> >
> > 	http://ftp-master.debian.org/~doko/gcc-3.3/
> 
> i've asked in the bug report i filed against the broken libstdc++ and
> previously on the debian-gcc mailing list but i still haven't received
> an answer, so i'll ask again:
> 
> what is the rationale behind not having gcc 3.2.3 build libstdc++5 and
> instead using the version from 3.3pre0? this give me on my system:
> 
> ii  libstdc++5     3.3-0pre7      The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii  libstdc++5-dev 3.2.3-1        The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development
> 
> shouldn't everything be consistent (the development package and the
> library)? can somebody please explain why this decision was made?
> thanks.

The ABI of gcc-3.2's libstdc++ is compatible to gcc-3.3's libstdc++
(modulo bugs). gcc-3.3's libstdc++ introduces new symbols only.

What do you want to be consistent?



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