libstdc++-libc6 question

["Tom Williams" <tom dot williams at diversifiedsoftware dot com>]

Hi!  I recently learned that I should build gcc-2.95.2 with
"--enable-shared" specified to build the shared C++ libraries a few
applications (like Netscape) want.  I then found that
libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 got installed but I still had problems because
Netscape was looking for libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2.  I was able to create a
link of libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 to the one gcc-2.95.2 installed and
Netscape was happy.  The question is: why can't gcc generate/install a
generic libstdc++-libc6 that programs link against and that generic
libstdc++-libc6 could actually be a link to the latest libstdc++ libraries
regardless of the version (with the backward compatibility being
maintained).  This way, Netscape would look for libstdc++-libc6 and not a
specific version.

I'm sure there is a good reason why this wasn't done, but I thought I would
ask the question anyway.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Peace.....

Tom Williams
tom.williams@diversifiedsoftware.com