Plans for fixing libio on i386-linux-gnulibc1?

[Joe Buck]

> What's the current forecast for a working libio under i386-linux? It
> seems to work ok for C, but useless for C++ + cstdio (bugs have been 
> reported already, so I wouldn't repeat those here).

Shouldn't it be possible to set up libstdc++ not to include the iostreams
stuff, like it is on other Unices?  That way it would be easier for users
to try out experimental C++ versions without disrupting their libc.

It appears that this can be done just by editing libio/config/linux.mt
(or linuxlibc1.mt) and following the directions under

# Comment this out to avoid including the stdio functions in libiostream.a:

It appears that it would be experimental, but hey, we're egcs.

My dream is to make it as easy to try out a new g++ / (libg++ , libstdc++)
release on Linux as it is on Solaris: just build and go, no need to
replace your key system libraries.