http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54847
--- Comment #26 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-10-08 11:17:26 UTC --- (In reply to comment #24) > > Except that one is POSIX and one is not. Additionally, you shouldn't assume > > that g++ is being used. Hopefully, libstdc++ would be portable enough that > > one > > wouldn't need to bootstrap g++ to build it. > > But you do need a C++ compiler. In fact, to *build* libstdc++ you definitely need G++. An installed libstdc++ *might* be usable with other compilers such as ICC and Clang that offer a sufficient level of GCC compatibility, but to install it in the first place you need to use GCC. If Apple or anyone else wants it to work otherwise they need to do the work, as GCC maintainers have no reason to do support building parts of GCC without GCC!
