[PATCH] Re: A clue for the libstdc++ problem.

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr  1, 2001, "Zack Weinberg" <zackw@Stanford.EDU> wrote:

> And how likely is it that we'll add another C++ target library which
> shouldn't use g++ to link?

The point is precisely to seamlessly add C++ target libraries that
*do* use g++ to link.  Requiring changes in their configures so that
they find libstdc++ headers and libraries is undesirable.

I agree the hack is ugly, but I find it better than dealing with each
C++ target library individually.

I would have found acceptable to special-case only libstdc++, because
it is the one that has particular needs regarding the compiler.  But
the problem of having other C++ libraries finding libstdc++'s headers
and library would remain.

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