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Re: GCC 3.0 Release Criteria


> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:45:42 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Kaveh R. Ghazi" <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
> Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, geoffk@cygnus.com, libc-hacker@sourceware.cygnus.com

> What about dynamic links of binaries?  If I develop an app for solaris
> or on linux with a version of gcc newer than the system one, I want to
> link against libgcc.a but dynamically against libc to avoid having to
> distribute libgcc.so.  Will we (can we) make this the default behavior?

I believe the whole point of the exercise is that this should not be
allowed, because if libc.so needs a newer version of libgcc then is
linked into the executable then it won't work.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>

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