Re: [i386] Why g++ _always_ link an executable with libm.so?

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 06:06:51PM -0500, Andrew Pinski wrote:
> 
> On Jan 4, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> 
> > Ok, but do we force users to use libm every time libc is used?  No, we
> > don't.  Of course, we don't.  And I emphasised the word 'always':
> > not _every_ routine from libstdc++ need libm, but it always
> > required...
> 
> Then write a better collect2 which only links in the libraries which
> are needed and have it find the needed libraries without supplying
> the option to link the library (yes this is on the TODO page of gcc).
> 
> Also note on some targets like darwin, libm is included in libsystem 
> (aka
> libc) by default.

Ok, I'm not trying to criticize the way it implemented for now.  I'm
trying to understand what happens now.