Re: force gcc4.x to use libstdc++5 per default

[Robert Heller]

At Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:09:50 +0100 Hans Schmidt <ka5427-536@online.de> wrote:

> 
> Hi there!
> 
> I am trying to force a gcc4.x compiler to use the libstdc++5 per default.
> 
> This is needed because some "binary-only" Shared Libaries supplied by a 
> 3rd party vendor uses libstdc++5.
> 
> libstdc++5 is used by gcc-3.3 compilers - but unfortunately a gcc-4x is 
> needed to compile the project.
> 
> I spent some days of work to force a gcc-4x to use libstdc++5 per 
> default. But I did not come closer to a solution.
> 
> Do you have any ideas?

It is not possible (as you have discovered). Versions of libstdc++ are
tightly tied to compiler versions. You will *have* to modify your code
to compile under gcc-3.3, probably by not using the features of gcc-4x
your project now uses -- you will have to hack around the missing
features.

Either that or talk to the 3rd party vendor and try to get them to 
re-build their libraries using gcc-4x & libstdc++6.

Another possiblity is to build a gcc-3.3/libstdc++5 wrapper application
that is run as a separate process from your main gcc-4x project and pass
data back and forth with sockets or pipes.

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