What happened to libiberty?

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

Should this library be installed by the gcc source package as
libiberty-dev?
Should the library built as a shared library as well?

Bill Gribble writes:
 > I'm trying to compile a nifty Gnome tool (MemProf) which requires
 > libiberty.  I recall it historically being a standard part of the 
 > gcc/g++ lib suite.  However, the only reference to it I can find on 
 > my system is a ChangeLog.libiberty.gz in /usr/doc/libg++27 . 
 > 
 > I am up-to-date with the current unstable tree for everything 
 > relevant.  
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Bill Gribble