Re: Why was libg++-devel left out of RHL5.1 distribution

[Tony Nugent <tony usq edu au>]

On Sun Sep 06 1998, Kirk Bauer wrote:

> It turns out the missing String.h I posted about earlier was
> because there is no 'libg++-devel' package included in RHL5.1...
> although it was in 4.2 and 5.0.
> 
> I am wondering why this package was removed from the distribution...

Because it has been replaced by the ecgs-c++ compiler and libstdc++ library
packages.

Why?  Well, I've asked this question myself.  The two replies I got can be
found attached to a web page at www.sci.usq.edu.au/cderrata/coolc.html

Cheers
Tony