Re: lib lists
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Erik Troan wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Stuart Anderson wrote:
>
> > libstdc++ probably should be in our list if we manage to get C++ defined
> > at all. We have to visit name mangling rules and .init/.fini behavior though.
> > It would be difficult to disallow C++ though.
>
> That's going to be quite difficult, as it's going to force us to update the
> LSB for each new C compiler. That doesn't sound like fun :-9
It is a hard problem, but one day someone has to solve it 8-). Perhaps just
not us today.
> > I wonder how many programs link in libraries that they don't actually need.
>
> Lots :-) That suggests a script to check a binary for lsb library compliance?
That is already in place, it just hasn't been advertise on the web site as the
tables it uses haven't had enough data to be useful until recently.
Stuart
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