Re: c++/7769: using static libraries sometimes loses static initialization

[Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/7769; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: Hal Black <black@ieee.org>
Cc: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, <hablack@vt.edu>, <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: c++/7769: using static libraries sometimes loses static
 initialization
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:41:00 -0600 (CST)

 On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Hal Black wrote:
 
 > >     This is not a bug. When you want that a particular 
 > >     object file (possibly within an archive) is pulled into you
 > >     executable for sure, then you have to reference an object
 > >     inside it.
 > 
 > This is a bug.
 > [...]
 > Correct, the compiler is fine, it is the linker that is not working 
 > correctly under the circumstances described above.
 
 This is just how Unix has worked forever. If you want that changed, file a 
 report with the binutils people, but I think this is just how it is.
 
 W.
 
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