In message <Pine.SGI.3.96.971130181829.29688A-100000@csgi05> you wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Neil A. Carson wrote:
> 
> > The RRS relocation garbage is not a problem when linking.
> 
> Hmmm - perhaps not, but...
> 
> Since installing 1.3 alpha from the CD (I still have 1.2 on my other hard
> disc, which is handy), and the updated C++ librarues that Neil put on the
> ftp site, I can no longer compile (and run) C++ programs. (Which is a bit
> harsh, as my final year project is written in C++!) 
> 
> It seems to compile OK, but when linking it complains about "_cout" and
> "_cerr" (perhaps being relocated?) or something. It does give me an
> executable, but if I execute it then I get a core dumped, complaining
> about a bad system call or something.
> 
> Sorry for being so vague about this - I wasn't expecting to be here
> posting about it, otherwise I would have remembered exactly what the
> messages were... Still - anyone got any ideas?
> 
> Otherwise though - everything seems to be working OK! :)
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Joe

Well, there does appear to be a problem using dynamic linking and
c++. Neil has recently been teasing us! ;-)

On 25th November he wrote:-

> Yep something is broken with C++... We think we know what it is though.

and on 27th November:-

> :-) Guess my system must have a working C++ compiler.
> 
> Where abouts is the bug in the current C++ stuff; if it's just a library
> I could upload one of mine (Mark does this make sense? would it work? if
> not let me know as I use 1.2G)

I am hopeful that someone can give us the answer to this problem,
or at least point us in the right direction.


-- 
Deri James