http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54283
--- Comment #19 from ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE> 2013-01-07 13:06:16 UTC --- > --- Comment #17 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-01-07 > 12:55:39 UTC --- > But that is not a requirement. The requirement is using a C++ compiler that > works out of the box (compiler configured in a path where its shared libraries > aren't found by the dynamic linker isn't), or making sure through > LD_LIBRARY_PATH or tweaking spec (to add -rpath) that the compiler works out > of > the box, or compiler which supports -static-libstdc++. But that first part (every single user of executables built with a g++ installed into non-system directories having to tweak LD_LIBRARY_PATH, gcc builders/installers having to tweak specs or whatever) has been a major shortcoming of gcc for years. There needs to be a way that gcc DTRT out of the box; a compiler producing executables that don't work without prior additional setup is a joke. Maybe I can work on this in the 4.9 timeframe. Rainer