libstdc++ compatibility

[Jason Merrill]

>>>>> H J Lu <hjl@lucon.org> writes:

 >> They can.  The reason RedHat didn't ship 1.1 was because they didn't want
 >> another copy of libstdc++, not because they couldn't co-exist.

 > What is wrong with a new libstdc++?

It can't be shared with processes using the old one.  I don't personally
consider this a strong argument, and it looks like RedHat has changed their
position, too.

 > Making libstdc++ in egcs 1.1 on RedHat thread-unsafe and not compatible
 > with other Linux configurations is a very big mistake. I hope RedHat
 > won't do that.

It doesn't look like they plan to.

Jason