A libgcc patch for gcc 3.0

[H . J . Lu]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:48:25AM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> 
>    Please check the gcc/glibc mailing list archives. There are many
>    threads on this topic. Here are a few
> 
>    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-02/msg00485.html
> 
> There's nothing glibc-specific about this problem.
> 
>    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-02/msg00896.html
> 
> Again nothing glibc-specific about it.  Yes, things start to get messy

Glibc is the only system I put gcc on. I doubt you will find many
things linked to libgcc_s.so.0 under /sbin or /bin on Solaris.

> when multiple shared libgcc's are installed, especially when people
> start messing with -R/-rpath and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  But I fail to
> understand how your patch is going to solve that in a reliable way.
> Not installing a shared libgcc if one has been found in /lib indeed
> does avoid increasing the number of installed libgcc's under some
> circumstances, but also might deprive people of a necessary libgcc
> update.

I just don't want installing gcc also overwrites the system shared
libgcc BY DEFAULT. It should only be done by an explicit configure time
option of gcc.

H.J.