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Re: Problematic linking between glibc and shared libgcc
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:48:21PM -0800, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 03:27:40PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > It's not silly. There are very good reasons for such a setup and it's
> > entirely gcc fault. I've pointed this out over and over again in the
> > last years, trying to fight this shared libgcc. But of course nobody
> > listens.
>
> Oh give me a break. You are hardly a lone voice crying in the
> wilderness. We heard you. We listened. We did not agree that
> this is sufficient reason not to build a shared libgcc.
>
> > The best solution is to override the decision and not compile libgcc
> > as a DSO.
>
> You can do this on your own system of course: --disable-shared.
> Don't expect that to ever be the default though. I for one do
> not think this is the best solution.
>
I am so glad I don't have to worry about it myself now. I am more than
happy to let each Linux vendor decide what to do with this mess.
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H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com)