Subject: Re: why is there no libgcc.so
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/07/2001 22:18:44
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:31:23AM -0500, Todd Vierling wrote:
> Various reasons, mostly historic, and this will be fixed in the next major
> release of NetBSD (...which will also have a gcc updated to the 2.95.x
> series).
Has the shared libgcc thing been discussed on tech-toolchain? It seems
like a terrible mistake to me. libgcc is really part of the compiler.
We should probably provide a PIC version, but I would say not a shared
version.
--
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>