Exceptions won't work in my dll!

["Ahern, Charles J" <charles dot j dot ahern at lmco dot com>]

Can someone please help me understand why exceptions will not work in my dll file.  anytime i do a throw (although they are being caught) it will crash.

here's the makefile, the problem must be some sort of compile option:



# Makefile for building the UUT317 Library: lib317.so.$(VERSION)
# Currrent SW Version: 1.0


VERSION = 1

MAIN    = lib317.o Globals_317.o Lib317_Exceptions.o
COMMON  = GATAC.o ICPUTL.o Lib317_Utils.o
TESTS   = Group_1.o

OBJECTS = $(MAIN) $(COMMON) $(TESTS) 

HEADERS = ATAC16.h GATAC.h Globals_317.h ICPUTL.h Lib317_Exceptions.h Lib317_Utils.h Group_1.h




#
# Code Generation Options:
# -fPIC:        If supported for the target machine, emit position-independent code,
#               suitable  for  dynamic  linking, even if branches need large displacements.
# -fexceptions: Ensure exceptions are turned on, may be needed for c code that still
#               needs exception handling.
#
COPTS = -fPIC -fexceptions



#
# LDIRS: directories to search for library files
# IDIRS: directories to search for #include header files
#
LDIRS = -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/ -L/user/lib
IDIRS = -I/usr/local/LibEWE



#
# Compile Flags:
# -O2: Optimize even more.  Nearly all supported optimizations
#      that  do  not involve a space-speed tradeoff are performed.
#   c: compile but do not link yet
# 
CFLAGS = $(IDIRS) -O2 -c


all: clean lib317.so.$(VERSION)

clean:
	rm -rf *~ *.o *.so *.so.*

lib: lib317.so.$(VERSION)


lib317.so.$(VERSION): $(OBJECTS)
	ld  -E -shared -o lib317.so.$(VERSION) $(OBJECTS) $(LDIRS) -lc -lstdc++
	/sbin/ldconfig -v -n .
	ln -sf $(PWD)/lib317.so.$(VERSION) /usr/EWE/TPS/lib317.so


lib317.o:   $(HEADERS) lib317.cpp
	g++ $(COPTS) $(CFLAGS) $(basename $@).cpp

Lib317_Utils.o:  $(HEADERS) Lib317_Utils.cpp
	g++ $(COPTS) $(CFLAGS) $(basename $@).cpp

Globals_317.o: $(HEADERS) Globals_317.cpp
	g++ $(COPTS) $(CFLAGS) $(basename $@).cpp

Lib317_Exceptions.o:  $(HEADERS) Lib317_Exceptions.cpp
	g++ $(COPTS) $(CFLAGS) $(basename $@).cpp

GATAC.o:   $(HEADERS) GATAC.cpp
	g++ $(COPTS) $(CFLAGS) $(basename $@).cpp

ICPUTL.o:  $(HEADERS) ICPUTL.cpp
	g++ $(COPTS) $(CFLAGS) $(basename $@).cpp

Group_1.o: $(HEADERS) Group_1.cpp
	g++ $(COPTS) $(CFLAGS) $(basename $@).cpp