The patch for PR libstdc++/14097.

[Benjamin Kosnik]

Richard, my apologies. I'd confused this message with the stdio_fstream
patches. This email thread is pretty discombobulated: perhaps you'd be
better off starting a new one, with a summary of the issues and a
current patch.

>> I don't have a problem adding this kind of thing to the extension
>filebufs.
>> Either, both. Submit a patch, ChangeLog entry, the whole deal.
>
>The original proposal to simply add a public MF was:
>
>     FILE* c_file() { return this->_M_file; }
>
>However, that does not seem to be enough in order to make it work
>inside a shared libstdc++ on a GNU/Linux system.  Can anyone please
>provide me with insight what to tweak in order to make this work?  Or,
>alternatively, just commit the whole thing?

Ok. First, please submit a patch, a ChangeLog entry, the whole deal. For
more information, see the contributors section of the libstdc++
documentation.

As part of this, can you include details as to why "that does not seem
to be enough in order to make it work inside a shared libstdc++ on a
GNU/Linux system." I don't understand what you mean. If you are having
problems with testing, and certain tests fail, include that information.
If you cannot get things to link, explain why. Etc, etc.

best,
benjamin