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From: coolidge@cassius.cs.uiuc.edu (John Coolidge)
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Subject: G++ (and gcc) tricks and traps
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Date: 21 Mar 90 17:24:38 GMT
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A couple notes about running G++ that I've found useful. First, I made
symbolic links:
	<gnu libraries>/gcc-as -> /usr/lib/big/as
	<gnu libraries>/gcc-ld -> /usr/lib/big/ld

This causes gcc and g++ to always use the big versions of as and ld. Using
the small (default) version tends to break large programs (like gcc and
g++ :-) ), and is pretty low-cost for small programs.

The include files for G++ are not all that well tuned to A/UX. At a
minimum, you should always define 'USG' when compiling with the g++ header
files.  Probably someone should go through them and fix them up for A/UX.
Any volunteers, or do I get to do this one? :-)

--John

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