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| author | dje <dje@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4> | 2000-11-23 05:51:07 +0000 |
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| committer | dje <dje@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4> | 2000-11-23 05:51:07 +0000 |
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* porting.texi: Expand libtool information.
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diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog index caaf9fef096..612c04387e1 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog +++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2000-11-23 David Edelsohn <edelsohn@gnu.org> + + * porting.texi: Expand libtool information. + 2000-11-23 Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@codesourcery.com> * include/bits/ios_base.h (ios_base::failure::~failure, diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/porting.texi b/libstdc++-v3/porting.texi index d966578b34c..b29315e8e83 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/porting.texi +++ b/libstdc++-v3/porting.texi @@ -420,13 +420,22 @@ __atomic_add (_Atomic_word* __mem, int __val) @node Libtool @chapter Libtool -The C++ library is linked with libtool. Explaining the full workings of -libtool is beyond the scope of this document, but there is one -particular bit that should be explained here. The C++ run-time library -contains initialization code that needs to be run as the library is -loaded. Often, that requires linking in special object files when the -C++ library is built as a shared library, or taking other -system-specific actions. +The C++ library is compiled, archived and linked with libtool. +Explaining the full workings of libtool is beyond the scope of this +document, but there are a few, particular bits that are necessary for +porting. + +Some parts of the libstdc++-v3 library are compiled with the libtool +@code{--tags CXX} option (the C++ definitions for libtool). Therefore, +@file{ltcf-cxx.sh} in the top-level directory needs to have the correct +logic to compile and archive objects equivalent to the C version of libtool, +@file{ltcf-c.sh}. Some libtool targets have definitions for C but not +for C++, or C++ definitions which have not been kept up to date. + +The C++ run-time library contains initialization code that needs to be +run as the library is loaded. Often, that requires linking in special +object files when the C++ library is built as a shared library, or +taking other system-specific actions. The libstdc++-v3 library is linked with the C version of libtool, even though it is a C++ library. Therefore, the C version of libtool needs to ensure |
