hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00 linker error: spurious behaviour of -fweak (differs from i686-pc-linux-gnu)

[law@redhat.com]

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  > Hi!
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  > I finally found out what gave me linkage errors on hpux:
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  > option -fweak hinders template instatiation on hpux  every second time
  > Look at this
Well, given that weak symbols don't work under hpux, that might be a clue
that you shouldn't use -fweak.
jeff