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Re: libgcc_s.so.1 exception handling behaviour depending on glibc version
- From: Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>
- To: Mike Hearn <mike at navi dot cx>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:17:29 +0100
- Subject: Re: libgcc_s.so.1 exception handling behaviour depending on glibc version
- References: <428B75DE.5050003@kegel.com> <pan.2005.05.18.20.33.34.337993@navi.cx>
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:33:35PM +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2005 10:05:34 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> > No hacks needed; you just have to embrace reality.
>
> The reality is that 95% of computers run Windows which is very good at
> supporting developers who distribute binaries in this way. On Linux
> there's all kinds of gotchas you just Have To Know which is silly and
> unproductive - worse, people only find out about this stuff _after_ they
> get burned by it.
And Linux is different. Passing around binaries is a stupid idea anyway,
fortunately we don't need to do that anymore most of the time.