> It's no different than any other library used by any other program. > I wouldn't object to configure support to request static gmp/mpfr for > developer convenience, but GCC is a perfectly normal dynamically > linked program and should behave like one IMO.
How a compiler can be "a perfectly normal dynamically linked program", especially if it's the system compiler? IMHO the less dependencies the better in this case. -- Eric Botcazou