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Re: Question about versions of libstdc++
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
- To: Yuval Kfir <yuvalk at mainsoft dot com>
- Cc: libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:08:35 -0400
- Subject: Re: Question about versions of libstdc++
- References: <15702.27666.261069.619137@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:52:18PM +0300, Yuval Kfir wrote:
> I'm confused by the multitude of versions of libstdc++ I find on my Red Hat
> Linux installation, and the purpose of each one.
For Red Hat questions, you need to ask Red Hat.
> /usr/lib 113% ls -F libstdc++*
> libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.a libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3@
> libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so* libstdc++.so.2.7.2@
> libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.a libstdc++.so.2.7.2.8*
> libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so* libstdc++.so.2.8@
> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.a.2@ libstdc++.so.2.8.0*
> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2@ libstdc++.so.2.9@
> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.a.3@ libstdc++.so.2.9.dummy*
Any of the version numbers that start with 2 are for the previous libstdc++.
It is unsupported by the FSF. This list is for implementing version 3,
see http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/ .
Phil
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