Re: shared libraries possible with old g++, g77?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 14 May 2008, Ed Hartnett wrote:
> I guess what I am really asking is: should I expect these tools to
> work with shared libraries? Or is this something that is known to not
> work?
>
> I don't see why they should be broken for shared libraries, but what
> do I know? ;-)

Libtool 1.2.X uses the C compiler to link C code.  Older versions of 
libtool would often use the linker directly.  Maybe your old GCC has 
problem with linking a shared library.  However, the problem could be 
something else such as the C compiler was built under an older version 
of the OS and is therefore using the wrong API headers, or some 
behavior of the OS has changed.

This is the wrong list to be inquiring about GCC bugs, and if you 
inquire on a GCC mailing list, they will likely advise you to simply 
use the latest GCC release.

Bob
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