target/4244: Explicit template instantiation in library files broken

[Derrick Bass]

It appears that you are right. On Mac OS X 10.2.3 this appears to be  
fixed. gcc -v gives
Reading specs from /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.1/specs
Thread model: posix
Apple Computer, Inc. GCC version 1161, based on gcc version 3.1  
20020420 (prerelease)

Derrick

Begin forwarded message:

> From: bangerth@dealii.org
> Date: Fri Jan 10, 2003  4:42:31  PM America/Los_Angeles
> To: derrick@caltech.edu, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org,  
> nobody@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: target/4244: Explicit template instantiation in library  
> files broken
> Reply-To: bangerth@dealii.org, derrick@caltech.edu,  
> gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, nobody@gcc.gnu.org,  
> gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
>
> Synopsis: Explicit template instantiation in library files broken
>
> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> State-Changed-By: bangerth
> State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 10 16:42:31 2003
> State-Changed-Why:
>     It was indicated to me when I had the same problem that this
>     does not exist any more when OS X is updated to 10.2. It
>     was thus a bad interplay between gcc2.95 and the systems's
>     binutils. Do you have any possibility to check whether this
>     behavior still exists with either a newer compiler or an
>     updated system?
>
>     Thanks
>       Wolfgang
>
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> trail&database=gcc&pr=4244
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