This may not be related, but when you recompile the kernel, it asks if
you want to inlude dummy support. I'm not really clear on what it does,
but it may be related to your problem. I know that it is only required
occasionally, so it may not be compiled into your kernel.
-dave
On Fri, 1 Jan
1999, Robert Dodier wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Happy new year!
>
> I would like to run jikes on my RH 5.0 linux box, but jikes wants
> libstdc++-2.8, while the current rpm contains libstdc++-2.7 and ...-2.9,
> but not 2.8. :(
>
> I've tried downloading the source to build libstdc++-2.8 but
> the build failed; some obscure (to me) message about "no source
> file dummy.c; required for dummy.o" or some such.
>
> I've searched for libstdc++-2.8 without luck. Does someone have a
> copy of the 2.8 rpm that I can copy?
>
> On a related note, perhaps jikes should be bundled with the libstdc++
> which it wants; I symlinked 2.8 to 2.9 and jikes dies with a "symbol
> not found." Is it usual for apps to be bundled with specific library
> versions, or more usual that they aren't?
>
> Many thanks for any advice,
> Robert Dodier
>
>
