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Re: IA64 libc.so always depends on libunwind?

>>>>> On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:15:13 -0700, "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> said:

  HJ> The same is true for libgcc_s.so. But we link in libgcc_s.so
  HJ> only when the executable needs exception-handling support.

Yes, but libgcc_eh.a is the archive version of libgcc_s.so, so you
_do_ link in the unwinder into each and every binary.  Except that
with libunwind, we don't want libunwind as part of libgcc_eh.a.

  HJ> For C, libgcc_s.so is not needed.

  HJ> Do all executables need exception-handling support on ia64?

No, it has nothing to do with ia64.  It has everything to do with
libc now using exception-handling support (via the cleanup-handlers).

	--david
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