libjava and raw_cxx

Fri Dec 12 15:29:00 GMT 2008

Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:
> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>>> Why is the libjava directory configured with raw_cxx?
>>>>>>>> Makefile.def:151:target_modules = { module= libjava; raw_cxx=true; };
>>>>>>>> The problem with this is that it keeps the libtool test for dynamic
>>>> linker characteristics from working properly, due to the undefined
>>>> reference to __gxx_personality_v0 which is defined in libstdc++.
>>> We don't want libstdc++ linked in libgcj.
>>>>>> If the libtool test wants libstdc++, then it's up to the libtool test
>>> to include libstdc++. Nobody else wants it.
>>>> It's not libtool that wants it, but gcc, by generating the reference to
>> __gxx_personality_v0.
>> Well, yes. I don't quite see your point.

It's a generic link test, independent of the language that the compiler
accepts. It just assumes that the compiler works.
Andreas.
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