Re: [gentoo-catalyst] C++ programs

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 21:13 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> Hm.  I installed a C++ program on the livecd, but it fails to
> run because it's missing libstdc++.
>
> Checking I see that on Gentoo, that library appears to live in the gcc
> package.  The livecd unmerges the gcc package, so at runtime that
> library no longer exists.
>
> I understand that this library is tied very closely with the compiler,
> but it seems incorrect to me that if you don't have the compiler package
> installed on your system, all your C++ programs fail to start!  In
> Debian for example this library is distributed as a separate package.
>
>
> How do others manage this?  Do you unmerge it but copy that library to
> /lib by hand?  Leave it merged but use livecd/empty and livecd/rm to
> clean out the stuff you don't want?  Leave the whole package merged and
> not worry about the wasted space? ... or ... ?
>
> Hm, I see there's a sys-libs/libstdc++, but it's masked... is merging
> that package how this issue is normally handled?

I unmask the package and merge it.

This works perfectly for ut2004, fluxbox, and americas-army ebuilds, all
which require libstdc++ to function.

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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux