http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54820
--- Comment #15 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-10-23 20:44:38 UTC --- > Note that the configure test for whether the gcc driver supports > -static-libstdc++ is unreliable, because before GCC 4.6 the GCC driver would > exit with a 0 status even if an option is unrecognized. How nice... OK, I'm going to add a check on the GCC version then, thanks for the heads up.