Bug#424038: [pkg-boost-devel] Bug#424038: reason for compiler name in library names

2007-06-11 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 09:43:51PM +1000, Peter Moulder wrote: > I haven't read the libboost documentation, but I speculate that the > reason that the upstream library names all include `gcc41' is because > different C++ compilers give a different ABI for a given piece of code > (different name man

Bug#424038: reason for compiler name in library names

2007-06-11 Thread Peter Moulder
I haven't read the libboost documentation, but I speculate that the reason that the upstream library names all include `gcc41' is because different C++ compilers give a different ABI for a given piece of code (different name mangling, calling conventions etc.). This is comparable to debian's pract