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Re: Default libstdc++ --enable-clocale configuration patch
On Wed, 19 May 2010, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> Any chance you could update this FAQ too?
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/faq.html#faq.linux_glibc
> If not, I'll do so.
This is the update I propose to what I think is the relevant XML file
(which I missed before because it doesn't mention --enable-clocale).
* doc/xml/faq.xml: Update.
Index: doc/xml/faq.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/xml/faq.xml (revision 159557)
+++ doc/xml/faq.xml (working copy)
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@
5.0.1) and later uses localization and formatting code from the system
C library (glibc) version 2.2.5 which contains necessary bugfixes.
Most GNU/Linux distros make more recent versions available now.
+ libstdc++ 4.6.0 and later require glibc 2.3 or later for this
+ localization and formatting code.
</para>
<para>The guideline is simple: the more recent the C++ library, the
more recent the C library. (This is also documented in the main
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com