[Bug bootstrap/56750] [4.8/4.9 Regression] static -lstdc++ logic bleeds into all subdirs

[ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56750

--- Comment #4 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> Well, if you can link dynamically, you should, if say libstdc++ contains
> some security bug and gdb isn't built in the combined tree with gcc, then
> I'd say it is highly undesirable to link it statically.

Your point of view is clearly too Linux-centric here. :-)  I can assure you
that the last thing people want on Solaris on HP-UX is to have to install
shared libraries to run GDB.