GCC 4.8.3 make all-target-libstdc++-v3 error: eh_arm.cc cannot use typeid with -fno-rtti

[Cyd Haselton]

So I've decided to upgrade from 4.8.0 to 4.8.3 before attempting to
upgrade to 4.9.2 on my android device and I've run into the following
error when make attempts to compile libstdc++:
**snip**

libtool: compile:  /bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc
-B/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/./gcc -nostdinc++
-L/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/arm-linux-androideabi/libstdc++-v3/src
-L/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/arm-linux-androideabi/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs
-B/usr/gcc-4.9/arm-linux-androideabi/bin/
-B/usr/gcc-4.9/arm-linux-androideabi/lib/ -isystem
/usr/gcc-4.9/arm-linux-androideabi/include -isystem
/usr/gcc-4.9/arm-linux-androideabi/sys-include
--sysroot=/usr/gcc-4.9/sysroot
-I/bld/gcc/gcc-4.8.3/libstdc++-v3/../libgcc
-I/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/arm-linux-androideabi/libstdc++-v3/include/arm-linux-androideabi
-I/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/arm-linux-androideabi/libstdc++-v3/include
-I/bld/gcc/gcc-4.8.3/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -D_GLIBCXX_SHARED -Wall
-Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wabi
-fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
-frandom-seed=eh_arm.lo -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -c
../../../../gcc-4.8.3/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_arm.cc  -fPIC -DPIC
-D_GLIBCXX_SHARED -o eh_arm.o
../../../../gcc-4.8.3/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_arm.cc: In function
'__cxxabiv1::__cxa_type_match_result
__cxa_type_match(_Unwind_Control_Block*, const std::type_info*, bool,
void**)':
../../../../gcc-4.8.3/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_arm.cc:57:46: error:
cannot use typeid with -fno-rtti
     throw_type = &typeid(abi::__forced_unwind);
                                              ^
../../../../gcc-4.8.3/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_arm.cc:59:50: error:
cannot use typeid with -fno-rtti
     throw_type = &typeid(abi::__foreign_exception);
                                                  ^
make[5]: *** [eh_arm.lo] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/arm-linux-androideabi/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/arm-linux-androideabi/libstdc++-v3'
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3/arm-linux-androideabi/libstdc++-v3'
make[2]: *** [all-stage1-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3'
make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/bld/gcc/builddir-4.8.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2

When researching this error I found a post that indicated that -frtti
is possible when lgnustl_shared is included...which I have in
LIBS...however I've usually left the default -fno-rtti flag to avoid
complications.

Is there a way around this error that doesn't involve re-running the
top-level configure with -frtti?