exceptions in shared libraries

[Dirk Habighorst]

Hallo,
is there a general problem with c++, exceptions and shared libraries 
created with libtool?
Properties and PropertiesException are classes from a shared library 
created with libtool (1.4.3).

#include "properties.h"
#include <iostream>

Properties::Properties(){
}

Properties::~Properties(){
}

Properties::Properties(const Properties & defaults){
  _properties = defaults._properties;
}

std::string Properties::getProperty(std::string key) 
throw(PropertiesException){
  std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator i = _properties.find(key);
  if(i!=_properties.end()){
    return i->second;
  }
  else{
    throw PropertiesException("Error: The key " + key + " does not 
exist in the properties.");
  }
}

Whenever I use getProperty and it should throw and the exception the 
program aborts.
Here is the backtrace:
#0  0x4081d581 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x4081d394 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x4081e8d1 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3  0x407a2cf4 in __cxa_call_unexpected () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.4
#4  0x407a2d39 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.4
#5  0x407a2e8d in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.4
#6  0x4005361f in Properties::getProperty(std::string) (this=0xbffff364, 
key=Cannot access memory at address 0x88f7a5c
) at properties.cpp:37
#7  0x080496e4 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff434) at main.cpp:38

If I use the static library or create a shared library with g++ 
everything works as it should.

thanks dirk