ATTN: g++ maintainer: Using string instances to pass arguments to dlls

[Gerrit P. Haase]

James R. Phillips wrote:

> Does fixing this bug require upstream intervention, or can you just develop a
> patch, and submit it to upstream?

A patch would be nice!


> Anecdotal evidence [1] exists that this issue may be what prevents compiling a
> working version of octave 2.1.71 with gcc 3.4.4.  This comes from John Ewing
> (octave upstream), who states that he is able to compile a working version with
> gcc 3.4.4 only if it is statically linked.
> 
> John also wonders [2] why libstdc++ is static as opposed to shared on cygwin. 
> I have searched the archives, and verified its static nature, but was unable to
> find an explanation.
> 
> [1] http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/help-octave/2005/3734
> [2] http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/help-octave/2005/3738

As long as GCC does not support recent libtool versions it is not easy
to build dynamic libraries.


Gerrit
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