Re: glibc2.1 [offtopic]

[hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)]

> 
> I'm interested in trying out glibc2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu (kernel
> 2.2.1).
> 
> In the glibc2.1 FAQ it says that libstdc++ must be rebuilt.  So do I
> understand correctly that I need to rebuild egcs-1.1.1 after
> installing glibc2.1, and that all my existing c++ executables will
> then be broken until they are relinked???
> 

Yes. That is true.

I have been trying to tell everyone that please include my library
versioining patch in egcs 1.1.1. But noone listened to me. That is
one reason why I have to mantain an egcs for Linux. The good news is
I do have a version of egcs 1.1.1 for Linux. The bad news is since
there will be egcs 1.1.2, I canceled egcs 1.1.1/Linux. If you really
want to use egcs 1.1.1 on Linux, try

ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/egcs/egcs-1.1.1-19990115-linux.diff.gz

If you install it instead of egcs 1.1.1, your existing c++ executables
should be ok.

FYI, I will make egcs 1.1.2/Linux shortly after egcs 1.1.2 is released
to public.

Thanks.

-- 
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)