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Re: Darwin multilibs
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> Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 10:02:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dara Hazeghi <dhazeghi@yahoo.com>
> Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
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> --- Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> wrote:
> > Dara Hazeghi <dhazeghi@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > is there any reason we're still building
> > soft-float libs on Darwin
> > > still? Stan Shebs mentioned in a message back in
> > November
> > > (http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-04/msg01549.html)
> > that multilibs
> > > weren't strictly necessary on Darwin. Would a
> > patch disabling them
> > > then be welcome? Thanks,
> >
> > I believe that soft-float is used for the kernel and
> > drivers.
>
> Fair enough. But what about for other libraries than
> libgcc2.a. With a checkout of mainline as of last
> night, the following are other multilibbed:
> libfrtbegin.a
> libg2c.a
> libiberty.a
> libstdc++.a
> libsupc++.a
>
> Do these also need to be built as soft-float for the
> benefit of the kernel? Thanks,
I belive so, at least in general. Drivers in darwin can use C++.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>