Re: i686-apple-darwin10 to i386-pc-linux-gnu, ld invoked with gnu options

[Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven at gmail dot com>]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Yann E. MORIN
<yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> wrote:
> On Sunday 26 June 2011 15:59:40 Titus von Boxberg wrote:
>> Am 26.06.2011 um 15:34 schrieb Yann E. MORIN:
>>
>> > The idea is to be able to move the toolchain from one host to another
>> > without too much hassles...
>> >
>> > While the C library is pretty standard and backward-compatible, the
>> > libstdc++ is very tightly coupled to the compiler.
>> I think that this might be a problem specific to Linux-Distros + gcc
>> because libstdc++ - as you said - is locked into gcc and the Linux Distros
>> do not see or do not want to solve this problem.
>
> Agreed. gcc is bundling too much crap^Wstuff. libstdc++ should be separate,
> much like the C library and other libs are.
>
> But that's another storry! :-]
>
>> Presumably, gcc's and libstdc++'s days will quite soon be over on MacOS,
>> so there won't be a newer libstdc++ that could raise DLL hell.
>
> Hehe! I'm looking forward to seeing LLVM/CLanG being a proper replacement
> for gcc, even on Linux-based systems! ;-)
>
>> Would you accept a change that prevents static linking on Mac?
>
> Yes, sure. But it should:
> Â- happen in ./configure
> Â- use the new variable passing
> Â- hide the corresponding options from the menuconfig
> Â- have no impact on the code in scripts/build/cc/gcc.sh
>
> Something along the lines of:
>
> Âprintf "Checking if static link is possible..."
> Âcase $(uname -s) in
> Â ÂMacOS-X) Â Âstatic_link_ok=""; printf "no\n";;
> Â Â*) Â Â Â Â Âstatic_link_ok="y"; printf "yes\n";;
> Âesac
> Âadd_to_kconfig_list static_link_ok
>
> And to options that need it, add:
> Âdepends on CONFIGURE_static_link_ok
>
>
> Then, you could push a second patch:
> Â- don't check for static libs if static link is not available:
> Â - static libstdc++
> Â - static expat
> so the user does not see spurious failed tests.
>
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
>
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So, I understand that you guys want to use the apple provided gcc, but
I don't care and just use the one from macports.

Choose the right battle.

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