bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

[david parsons]

bangerth@dealii.org wrote:
> 
> Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc
> 
> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> State-Changed-By: bangerth
> State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 19 07:58:44 2002
> State-Changed-Why:
>     This is a rather old bootstrap error. Can you say whether this
>     still happens with newer versions of gcc?

    Yes.

orc@pell$ CC="cc -baout" ./configure
Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnuaout host.
Created "Makefile" in /home/orc/gcc-3.2 using "mt-frag"
Cannot find the GNU C library minor version number.

    -david parsons  "I don't even use gl*bc on my systems"