OpenJDK 7u and Fedora 17

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> > Yes.  I think the static library was only split out into its own
> > RPM
> > from a relatively recent Fedora (whichever was being developed in
> > Feb-Mar 2011, as that's when we hit this same error), but it's
> > preferable
> > to link dynamically in all cases.  I believe the library was split
> > out because
> > pretty much everything else links dynamically and doesn't need it.
> 
> Shouldn't it be general case for OpenJDK on Linux to use dynamic
> linking with stdc++ like all others libs ?
> If so STATIC_CXX=false should be generalized for now only RH but all
> Linux distros isn't it ?
> 

Yes, I'd suggest it is set on all GNU/Linux builds.  IcedTea sets it,
so most GNU/Linux distro packages are going to be built with it set,
as they use that, AFAIK.

As I say, I'd go even further and have it as the default for OpenJDK.
It's what I believe most developers would expect the behaviour to be.
Having it linked statically makes sense for Oracle distributing a binary blob
they want to work anywhere, but not for distro packages or something
you've built yourself.  If there is a security issue with libstdc++,
a static build means OpenJDK needs to be rebuilt as well.  If it's 
linked dynamically, it doesn't.
-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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