diff --git c/src/common/appbase.cpp w/src/common/appbase.cpp
index 186d845..5b5727a 100644
--- c/src/common/appbase.cpp
+++ w/src/common/appbase.cpp
@@ -850,6 +850,26 @@ bool wxAppConsoleBase::CheckBuildOptions(const char *optionsSignature,
msg.Printf(wxT("Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected.\nThe library used %s,\nand %s used %s."),
lib.c_str(), progName.c_str(), prog.c_str());
+ int l_off = lib.Find("compiler with C++ ABI ");
+ int p_off = prog.Find("compiler with C++ ABI ");
+ if (l_off != wxNOT_FOUND && p_off != wxNOT_FOUND) {
+ int space;
+ space = lib.find(',', l_off + 22);
+ lib.erase(l_off, space - l_off);
+ space = prog.find(',', p_off + 22);
+ prog.erase(p_off, space - p_off);
+ if (lib == prog) {
+ // The only difference is the ABI version, which apparently only
+ // affect obscure cases. We used to warn here, so at least
+ // there was an indication of what's up if there is a problem
+ // due to ABI incompatibilities, but wxLogWarning() can result
+ // in a pop up dialog with some applications, which is just too
+ // intrusive, so just quietly ignore instead.
+ //wxLogWarning(msg.c_str());
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+
wxLogFatalError(msg.c_str());
// normally wxLogFatalError doesn't return