I was trying to compile the cold fusion beta stub and it was complaining about a missing libstdc++. while checking the files I knowticed that there was no link for libstdc++.so when I created this link the cold fusion stub compiled fine. I havent tried to compile much other software but I was wondering if there is a reason that this was left off or if it was just a bug.
Does this sound like an rpm bug?
Yes it does sound like an rpm bug. Try deinstalling and reinstallinthe libstdc++ package. Verify that /usr/lib/libstdc++* files and links exist. Please reopen the bug if libstdc++ is not there. Upgrade to (at least) rpm-3.0.1 in order to fix the rpm bug. You will need an installer errata also.