"Robert Oeffner" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm wondering how this restriction on libstdc++ in GCC 4.4 impacts on > ports done of GCC to interix. AFAIK there are issues with the binutils > provided by MS on interix so it is only possible to build static > libraries on that platform. > > Are you saying that building any statically linked libstdc++ is never > going to work until the arrival of GCC 4.5? No. The option -static-libstdc++ says that, if a system supports both statically linking libstdc++ and dynamically linking it, prefer statically linking it (normally the default is to dynamically link). On a system which does not support dynamically linking libstdc++, the option has no effect. Ian > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Ian Lance Taylor" <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:08 AM > To: "Tovrea, George W (US SSA)" <george.tovrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: -static-libstdc++ ?? > >> "Tovrea, George W (US SSA)" <george.tovrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> The option -static-libstdc++ result in "undefined option" and >>> trying to link in .../libstdc++.a fails with tons of undefined >>> references. >> >> -static-libstdc++ will be a new option in gcc 4.5. It is not >> supported in gcc 4.4 or earlier. >> >> What sort of undefined references do you see? >> >> Ian >>
