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Re: A libgcc patch for gcc 3.0
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:10:03AM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:26:35 -0800
> From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:01:14AM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> >
> > > I am not sure if gcc 3.0 will do the right thing for glibc. Here is
> > > a patch. Basiscally, we treat libgcc_s.so as a system library. gcc
> > > will use libgcc_s.so only if it is available from system or gcc is
> > > configured with
> > >
> > > --enable-shared=libgcc/--enable-shared=gcc
> > >
> > > Any comments?
> >
> > 1. If you're "not sure if gcc 3.0 will do the right thing for glibc"
> > it would be a good idea to:
> >
> > 1. Check if it really doesn't.
> >
> > 2. Identify what's going wrong. And try to explain it to the rest
> > of us.
> >
> > 3. Try to come up with a fix.
> >
> > Jumping straight to step 3 really isn't a good idea.
>
> I have done 1 and 2.
>
> And would you care to share your knowledge with the rest of us?
>
Please check the gcc/glibc mailing list archives. There are many
threads on this topic. Here are a few
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-02/msg00485.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-02/msg00896.html
I don't want to spend any more time discussing why it is bad for glibc.
H.J.