On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:21 AM, E.N. virgo <cireyap...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Alas, clang++ now needs to link against the GCC ABI to successfully compile.
>> what actual problem is caused by that?
> Please read instead “Alas, clang++ currently needs to link against the GCC 
> ABI to successfully compile.”
> The problem is that one might want to use libstdc++ (GCC) and libc++ (LLVM) 
> along with GCC ABI and LLVM ABI, respectively. Fedora currently enables the 
> GCC case, but one has to fall back to GCC ABI even when using an LLVM library.
>
>> which clang instrumentation tool requires libc++abi?
> Not an instrumentation in particular, I ran into problems when trying to 
> LD_PRELOAD some instrumented binaries and founding they needed libc++abi.
>
>> there are subtle corner cases breaking exception handling:
>>
>> https://whatofhow.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/libclibcabi-on-linux/
> Blog post amended in the comments.
>
> Overall, I am not willing to argue about C++ best coding/debugging practices. 
> I am rather asking if there is any possibility that package review request 
> (BZ1332306) stalled for ages would get some care. Had I been a packager, sure 
> I would try to handle the review process myself, but I am not a packager. It 
> would be nice to have some contributor giving the libc++abi package some 
> time, I am quite sure there are many people who will be very grateful.
>

I'll take on the review, but you really should consider becoming
involved in Fedora as a packager, as any packager can review another
packagers packages proposed for inclusion into Fedora.



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真実はいつも一つ!/ Always, there's only one truth!
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