Two-part patch for hppa64-hpux libstdc++ testsuite failures

Nathan Myers ncm-nospam@cantrip.org
Fri Apr 16 21:34:00 GMT 2004


On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:29:24PM +0200, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> Phil Edwards wrote:
> 
>>... building the .so with -f*-sections is not only /not/ a win, but 
>>can actually be a lose on certain platforms.  
>
> If the needed patch is fairly invasive and non-trivial (almost 
> everything seems non trivial to me, in this area ;) couldn't we 
> just remove the switches completely for now, then carry out 
> extensive tests to decide whether having them for the static 
> build only?

No, because the -f*-sections flags are really important for the .a, 
but they only hurt the .so a little bit.

Nathan Myers
ncm@cantrip.org



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