libc and libstdc++ relationship

[Benjamin Kosnik]

>Is libc required to build a good libstdc++? My target is arm-wince-pe
>and I'm using newlib as my libc. I build gcc, and as part of it
>libstdc++, first before I build newlib. libstdc++ builds cleanly even
>though I have no libc built yet, which to me is quite surprising. I then
>continue on to build newlib. Is this the best way to do it? Is building
>libstdc++ before newlib sane?

For the last time, please read the simtest HOWTO page. It details how to
build a toolchain very close to the one you are thrashing around trying
to build.

http://gcc.gnu.org/simtest-howto.html

-benjamin