bootstrap/3568: C++ exception handling error

bootstrap/3568: C++ exception handling error

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>Number:         3568
>Category:       bootstrap
>Synopsis:       C++ exception handling error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 05 03:06:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mobile Era Corp.
>Release:        2.96-85
>Organization:
>Environment:
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-85)
>Description:
#include <iostream>

int main () {
  try
  {
    throw "Allocation failure";
  }
  catch (char *str)
  {
    cout << "Exception: " << str << endl;
  }
  return 0;
}

this codes above will cause program Abort or Core Dump
in RedHat 7.1
But it work in RedHAT 6.2
>How-To-Repeat:
#include <iostream>
#include <exception>

int main () {
  try
  {
    throw "Allocation failure";
  }
  catch (char *str)
  {
    cout << "Exception: " << str << endl;
  }
  return 0;
}

compile the code above ,then run it in the redhat linux 7.1
>Fix:
none
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: