gets with C++ and GCC before 4.7

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Carlos O'Donell wrote:

> I'm in favour of the default policy of working hard to ensure the
> components of GNU/Linux work together well.
> 
> In my opinion there is always going to be some coordination issues
> as the implementation is adjusted and ignoring this issues only
> results in frustratingly broken combinations.
> 
> To that end I'm in favour of a patch that enables the use of glibc
> with the interm GCC.

Thanks Carlos.  You say "a" patch - any comments on my particular patch 
proposal?

Anyone else?  Roland?

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