my EGCS status

[H.J. Lu]

> 
> On Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 02:15:48PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > For Linux or any systems which use libio in their C library
> > implemenations, the prolem with egcs comes from libstdc++ which
> > is also based on libio. I don't see you can upgrade one libio
> > while keeping the other. You will run into more problems.
> 
> Then we don't build libio, and use the installed one and make
> libstdc++ be built the "right way".
> 

There are some internal ABI changes in libio which fix some
iostream bugs. That is one reason why a new libc is needed.
There are also a few changes for some real bugs.

-- 
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu)