other/8966: Lost exceptions across library boundaries

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>Number:         8966
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       Lost exceptions across library boundaries
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 16 13:36:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dan Ingold
>Release:        gcc-3.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
alphaev67-dec-osf5.1
>Description:
Previous bug reports have identified that exceptions thrown across shared object boundaries are lost.  This test case demonstrates the error for exceptions thrown across static library boundaries.  
>How-To-Repeat:
* Compile ns1_exceptionBug.cc and add to libA.a
* Compile ns2_exceptionBug.cc and add to libB.a
* Compile demoExceptionBug.cc, link with libA.a and libB.a
* Execute the resulting a.out

(Sorry if there are syntax errors in the attached source.  I had to retype it on my PC to send this report.)
>Fix:

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