This problem does not exist in the CVS version of libtool, which uses the C++ compiler to link C++ objects. The fix will be in libtool 1.5.
Bob On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Support Request #101415, was updated on 2002-Oct-18 09:55 > You can respond by visiting: > http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=detailsupport&support_id=101415&group_id=25 > > Category: None > Status: Open > Priority: 5 > Summary: libtool + C++ + gcc on solaris > > By: David.Decotigny > Date: 2002-Oct-18 09:55 > Logged In: NO > Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020827 > > We have gcc-3.2 here compiled using: > --enable-shared --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as > --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld > > When configure runs libtool, it discovers that gcc does > not use a GNU ld, which is just the case. So, when > creating a shared library, it will be the case that > libtool will "manually" invoke the ld (/usr/ccs/bin/ld > here). Why not... BUT... > > The library works fine as long as there are no C++ > global objects that are expected to be constructed > before main() (ie global objects declared in a c++ > source as "MyClass object(init_parameters)). If there > are such objects, the behavior any program dynamically > linked against the library is to simply ignore them, or > to crash in the middle of the objects instanciations... > > I noticed that building the library manually with > "gcc-3.2 -shared" instead of the "ld" command line set > by libtool, will result in a correct behavior: > everything will be correctly initialized before main(). > If I add the crtbegin/crti/crtend objects in the > library, it actually seems to work fine too. > > So the question: why try to guess a (apparently broken) > ld command line, since gcc -shared seems to do the job > right? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can respond by visiting: > http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=detailsupport&support_id=101415&group_id=25 > > > _______________________________________________ > Libtool mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool > ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
