Re: [PATCH] configure: check for libstdc++ and zlib, dynamic and static

[Anthony Foiani <anthony dot foiani at gmail dot com>]

Bryan --

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tony,
>
>> Sorry about the duplicate work; I just now saw your mail, right after
>> sending my patch to handle at least part of the same problem.
>
> I like seeing that there is more then one way to fix a problem.

Heh.

> Which configuration did you build to need these fixes?

The latter of the two you mention: powerpc-e500v2-linux-gnuspe

(On Fedora 14 x86-64, although I don't think it matters quite so much
for this issue, other than the "static libs are a separate package"
problem.)

> Your change makes me ask: Do we need libstdc++.a for a certain
> configuration? Or for all?

Unfortunately, I don't know.  It seems that *something* on the host
side wants libstdc++ for static linking; exactly what, I don't recall.
 (I suppose I can erase that package and recompile, to see what
dies...)

Interesting; looks like the static lib is a part of -devel for F13
(and, presumably, earlier), but not on F14.

Anyway.  Running the experiment now.  Will try to update this thread
as I find out what breaks.  :)

> The only configuration that I have noticed it on so far was this
> powerpc-405-linux-gnu and powerpc-e500v2-linux-gnuspe. I would like to
> try a few more configurations.
>
> If we really need libstdc++.a for all toolchains, then we should add
> it to the configure file. Otherwise, we should warn about it being
> missing for this and/or other affected configurations until a better
> solution can be formed. (bug?)

Perhaps.  Again, I have to make apologies for the fact that I can only
make patches for items which are show-stoppers for me; I hope that
they're useful to others, but unfortunately I'm not in a position to
do exhaustive fixing.  :(

Thanks for all the work you've been adding to ct-ng lately!

Best regards,
Tony

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