Link to libsupc++ instead of bringing in libstdc++ just because tomsocomp is written in C++. It does not use STL so it needs not the whole standard library. Index: tvtime-1.0.2/src/Makefile.am =================================================================== --- tvtime-1.0.2.orig/src/Makefile.am +++ tvtime-1.0.2/src/Makefile.am @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ tvtime_CFLAGS = $(TTF_CFLAGS) $(PNG_CFLA $(PLUGIN_CFLAGS) $(X11_CFLAGS) $(XML2_FLAG) \ $(FONT_CFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) tvtime_LDFLAGS = $(TTF_LIBS) $(ZLIB_LIBS) $(PNG_LIBS) \ - $(X11_LIBS) $(XML2_LIBS) -lm -lstdc++ + $(X11_LIBS) $(XML2_LIBS) -lm -lsupc++ tvtime_command_SOURCES = utils.h utils.c tvtimeconf.h tvtimeconf.c \ tvtime-command.c