Comment 56 for bug 431091

I did not run into this until now because Karmic had other deal breakers for me. Now that those are gone in Lucid here is an even bigger one.

From the time passed it looks like this is not going to get fixed?

There is a real world out there and it is not purple. Some of us have to use software that is one or more of proprietary, binary, and old. No recompile possible.
The suggested fix is possible, but that is besides the point. One reason for a comprehensive package management system is to not have to do things like this. Why should I jump through the hoops setup by Mr. Kitterman and Mr. Young when it would have taken one of them less time to package the library instead?
After all, libstdc++5 is still in debian testing (eventually to be squeeze) and unstable. Why remove it and not simply leave it in? It breaks nothing but makes live easier for dozens and probably hundreds of people. Do something nice and don't be like the Redmond guys.