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Re: [i386] Why g++ _always_ link an executable with libm.so?
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 06:06:51PM -0500, Andrew Pinski wrote:
>
> On Jan 4, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
>
> > Ok, but do we force users to use libm every time libc is used? No, we
> > don't. Of course, we don't. And I emphasised the word 'always':
> > not _every_ routine from libstdc++ need libm, but it always
> > required...
>
> Then write a better collect2 which only links in the libraries which
> are needed and have it find the needed libraries without supplying
> the option to link the library (yes this is on the TODO page of gcc).
>
> Also note on some targets like darwin, libm is included in libsystem
> (aka
> libc) by default.
Ok, I'm not trying to criticize the way it implemented for now. I'm
trying to understand what happens now.