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Re: [PATCH] Some inconsistency in collect2, with respect to gcc and libtool


On Jul 11, 2000, Mike Stump <mrs@windriver.com> wrote:

>> From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
>> Date: 11 Jul 2000 13:15:37 -0300

>> Unfortunately, even g++ won't work correctly on non-ELF systems.
>> I'm talking about implicit instantiation of template static data
>> members, for example.  It is my understanding that this just can't
>> be done correctly on COFF, for example :-(

> What is the reason that repo can't be used to make this work?

Oh, sure it can.  It just doesn't work with the default settings.
And, as you certainly know, -frepo doesn't automatically solve all the
problems, when it comes to creating libraries out of -frepo objects
(the user must try to link them into an executable first)

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