Re: Bug#126703: g++-3.0: <stdio.h> defines _GNU_SOURCE with g++-3.0
Martin v. Loewis writes:
> > > I can't see a reason for libstdc++ requiring _GNU_SOURCE except for the
> > > desire to re-export symbols in std::, for which I would propose a
> > > different strategy.
> >
> > It would help to know why this was done in the first place; there could be
> > other reasons.
>
> Sure, that could be possible. Anybody working on a patch will
> certainly find out. If the test suite passes, there weren't any other
> reasons.
>
> Please note that it is not trivial to modify c++config.h to take into
> account the glibc configuration, since it is generated through
> autoheader/autoconf.
[short question ... is this forum appropriate for this discussion or
should we CC libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org?]
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