[STDCXX-585] [gcc 4.2.0/Cygwin] linker errors due to multiple definition of `std::bad_cast::what()'; `std::bad_typeid::what()'; `std::bad_exception::what()'; `std::bad_alloc::what()'

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.2.1
• Component/s: Configuration

Environment

gcc 4.2.0 / Cygwin

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Severity: Linker Error
• Assignee: Farid Zaripov
• Reporter: Farid Zaripov
• Created: 11/Oct/07 18:07
• Updated: 26/Feb/08 15:15
• Resolved: 19/Dec/07 13:45

Description

When building the stdcxx on Cygwin I get errors like:

make: Entering directory `/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/build/examples'
gcc -c -I/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/include/ansi -D_RWSTDDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -mthreads -I/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/include -I/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/build/include -I/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/examples/include -pedantic -nostdinc++ -g -W -Wall -Wcast-qual -Winline -Wshadow -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -Wcast-align /usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/examples/manual/accumulate.cpp
gcc accumulate.o -o accumulate -mthreads -L/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/build/lib -lstd15s -lsupc++ -lcatgets -liconv -lm
/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.2.0/../../../libsupc++.a(tinfo.o): In function `ZNK10cxxabiv121vmi_class_type_info12do_dyncastEiNS_17class_type_info10sub_kindEPKS1_PKvS4_S6_RNS1_16_dyncast_resultE':
/usr/src/gcc-4.2.0/i686-pc-cygwin/libstdc+-v3/libsupc/../../.././libstdc-v3/libsupc+/tinfo.cc:418: multiple definition of `std::bad_cast::what() const'
/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/build/lib/libstd15s.a(typeinfo.o):/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/src/typeinfo.cpp:349: first defined here
/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.2.0/../../../libsupc++.a(tinfo.o): In function `ZNK10cxxabiv121vmi_class_type_info12do_dyncastEiNS_17class_type_info10sub_kindEPKS1_PKvS4_S6_RNS1_16_dyncast_resultE':
/usr/src/gcc-4.2.0/i686-pc-cygwin/libstdc+-v3/libsupc/../../.././libstdc-v3/libsupc+/tinfo.cc:418: multiple definition of `std::bad_typeid::what() const'
/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/build/lib/libstd15s.a(typeinfo.o):/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/src/typeinfo.cpp:414: first defined here
/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.2.0/../../../libsupc++.a(new_handler.o): In function `_ZNSt9bad_allocD2Ev':
/usr/src/gcc-4.2.0/i686-pc-cygwin/libstdc+-v3/libsupc/../../.././libstdc-v3/libsupc+/new_handler.cc:48: multiple definition of `std::bad_alloc::what() const'
/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/build/lib/libstd15s.a(memory.o):/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/src/memory.cpp:331: first defined here
/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.2.0/../../../libsupc++.a(eh_exception.o): In function `_ZNSt13bad_exceptionD2Ev':
/usr/src/gcc-4.2.0/i686-pc-cygwin/libstdc+-v3/libsupc/../../.././libstdc-v3/libsupc+/eh_exception.cc:38: multiple definition of `std::bad_exception::what() const'
/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/build/lib/libstd15s.a(exception.o):/usr/src/stdcxx/trunk/src/exception.cpp:412: first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [accumulate] Error 1

Issue Links

• relates to: STDCXX-338 [Cygwin] linker errors due to multiple definition of `std::exception::what()'