[STDCXX-166] [gcc/HP-UX] link errors due to the wrong shared library suffix

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.3
• Fix Version/s: 4.1.4
• Component/s: Build and Installation

Environment

$ uname -mrs && gcc -v
HP-UX B.11.11 9000/800
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11/3.4.2/specs
Configured with: /scratch/njs/pkgbuild/3.3.1/hpux-11/gcc-3.4.2/configure --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads=posix --disable-nls --with-gnu-as --without-gnu-ld --with-as=/usr/local/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --with-libiconv-prefix=/usr/local --prefix=/usr/local
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.2

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Created: 19/Mar/06 04:39
• Updated: 19/Mar/06 05:31
• Resolved: 19/Mar/06 05:31

Description

All programs fail to link with the shared stdcxx library due to the wrong library suffix (.so, should be .sl on HP-UX):

$ make strstream
generating dependencies for $(TOPDIR)/examples/manual/strstream.cpp
gcc -c -I/house/sebor/stdcxx-4.1.3/include/ansi -D_RWSTD_USE_CONFIG -I/house/sebor/build/stdcxx-4.1.3-gcc-3.4.2/include -I/house/sebor/stdcxx-4.1.3/include -I/house/sebor/stdcxx-4.1.3/examples/include -pedantic -nostdinc++ -O2 -Wall -W -Wcast-qual -Winline -Wshadow -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -Wcast-align /house/sebor/stdcxx-4.1.3/examples/manual/strstream.cpp
gcc strstream.o -o strstream -L/house/sebor/build/stdcxx-4.1.3-gcc-3.4.2/lib -lstd8d -lsupc++ -lm
/usr/ccs/bin/ld: Can't find library: "std8d"
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [strstream] Error 1

$ ls -l ../lib/libstd8d.so
lrwxr-xr-x 1 sebor nis 63 Mar 18 14:56 ../lib/libstd8d.so -> /house/sebor/build/stdcxx-4.1.3-gcc-3.4.2/lib/libstd8d.so.4.1.3