Re: Statically linking libstdc++

2001-05-30 Thread Frank Hecker
Ben Bucksch wrote: For some bizarre reasons, we link in libstdc++, which is LGPLed on gcc Linux. We currently do this dynamically, which is the standard, but causes major problems during distribution (the user has the have the exact same version of the lib installed that wer eon the build

Re: Statically linking libstdc++

2001-05-30 Thread Ben Bucksch
Ben Bucksch wrote: For some bizarre reasons, we link in libstdc++, which is LGPLed on gcc Linux. FYI: Jim Nance just cited a special exception in the libstdc++ license, which basically invalidates the GPL terms, if linked using a GNU compiler. See bug 79681.

Statically linking libstdc++

2001-05-29 Thread Ben Bucksch
For some bizarre reasons, we link in libstdc++, which is LGPLed on gcc Linux. We currently do this dynamically, which is the standard, but causes major problems during distribution (the user has the have the exact same version of the lib installed that wer eon the build system) for other