Re: Egcs, gcc, and Debian -- Let's not forget C++

[Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>]

Laurent Bonnaud wrote:

>
>
> For C++ things are even more complicated.  The g++ version in egcs
> should use libg++2.8b6, so there is a problem with include files and
> dynamic libraries.  The next snapshot or release should include this
> new libg++.  Moreover there is a binary incompatibility caused by the
> inclusion of RTTI : you cannot link object files from the new compiler
>
> with an old libg++.so.  And there is exception handling, too (i did
> not
> try).  Because of the runtime cost of EH, it may be interesting to
> provide 2 versions of libg++.so.

I knew something like this would happen.  Bleah.

Anybody want to maintain libg++2.8b6?  Anybody want to come up with a
solution that lets it coexist with the old libg++?  I can't think of one
offhand. :-P

--Galen



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