Re: gcj problem with -static option

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

David Daney writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > > Diego Novillo writes:
 > >  > On 03/16/06 12:27, FERANDELLE Pascal wrote:
 > >  > 
 > >  > > I rebuild everything with GCC 4.1.0 version on PC running RedHat EL 3.0.
 > >  > > My simple HelloWorld program is still "segfaulting" when compiled with the -static option.
 > >  > > But the trace under gdb has changed; I have now :
 > >  > > 
 > >  > This may or may not be related but we had similar looking problems with
 > >  >  OpenMP programs.  They were segfaulting on startup when linked statically.
 > >  > 
 > >  > It apparently is a problem with weak symbols in the threading library
 > >  > not being pulled in with -static.
 > >  > 
 > >  > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-03/msg00248.html
 > > 
 > > Ooh, nasty.  Thanks for that.
 > 
 > This is why we have the gcj wiki.

Not really, no.  A user shouldn't be expected to search the wiki,
which should be in addition to the docs, not a substiture for them.

If -static can never work with gcj on GNU/Linux we should remove it as
an option.

Andrew.