Re: target/4244: Explicit template instantiation in library files broken

[Derrick Bass <derrick@caltech.edu>]

The following reply was made to PR target/4244; it has been noted by GNATS.

>From derrick@caltech.edu  Mon Jan 13 00:55:31 2003
From: Derrick Bass <derrick@caltech.edu>
To: bangerth@dealii.org, derrick@caltech.edu, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org,
   gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, nobody@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: target/4244: Explicit template instantiation in library files broken
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:34:30 -0800

 It appears that you are right. On Mac OS X 10.2.3 this appears to be  
 fixed. gcc -v gives
 Reading specs from /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.1/specs
 Thread model: posix
 Apple Computer, Inc. GCC version 1161, based on gcc version 3.1  
 20020420 (prerelease)
 
 Derrick
 
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 > From: bangerth@dealii.org
 > Date: Fri Jan 10, 2003  4:42:31  PM America/Los_Angeles
 > To: derrick@caltech.edu, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org,  
 > nobody@gcc.gnu.org
 > Subject: Re: target/4244: Explicit template instantiation in library  
 > files broken
 > Reply-To: bangerth@dealii.org, derrick@caltech.edu,  
 > gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, nobody@gcc.gnu.org,  
 > gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
 >
 > Synopsis: Explicit template instantiation in library files broken
 >
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: bangerth
 > State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 10 16:42:31 2003
 > State-Changed-Why:
 >     It was indicated to me when I had the same problem that this
 >     does not exist any more when OS X is updated to 10.2. It
 >     was thus a bad interplay between gcc2.95 and the systems's
 >     binutils. Do you have any possibility to check whether this
 >     behavior still exists with either a newer compiler or an
 >     updated system?
 >
 >     Thanks
 >       Wolfgang
 >
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit- 
 > trail&database=gcc&pr=4244
 >