Re: Patch: libjava -vs- shared libgcc

[Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>]

Tom Tromey wrote:

> Bryce> Are you sure that is the right thing to do? Won't it break
> Bryce> libjava on platforms that really dont use a shared libgcc?
> Bryce> Isn't this a generic problem that needs to be fixed in the
> Bryce> PowerPC compiler somewhere?
>
> Maybe it needs to be fixed in the compiler.  I don't know.  As far as
> I can tell the compiler is working how it was planned to work.

On i686 linux, "-shared-libgcc" is the default when building a shared
library. So, it seems wrong that we'd have to do it differently on
PowerPC.

> I agree with your assessment though.  I'll change it so that
> -shared-libgcc will only be used when --enable-shared is in effect.
>
> I didn't even consider static-only hosts when I wrote this :-(

I think I read somewhere that some platforms will always use a static
libgcc, even if shared libraries are supported for things like libgcj.

regards

  [ bryce ]