On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 05:36:57AM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 1. Finding a way to compile your program (independently of automake).
>
> You are using a library written in c++, therefore a general solution is
> using "g++" to _link_ your program, even if your "main" is written in C.
>
> Rule of thumb: If c++ is involved somewhere, invoke "g++" instead of
> "gcc" for linking.
Sure, this is exactly what we were doing, and what we are doing now
with the dummy.cc hack.
> Automake guesses upon the linker by using file name extensions. Your
> "main" is called "*.c", so it tries to use "gcc" instead of "g++".
With no "supported" possibility of override ...
> name. Another way is to dive into automake internals and to override the
> linker (CXXLINK and CXXLD vs CCLINK and CCLD).
Seems super-fragile.
dummy.cc is working well, though I'm not going to buy it any beers if I
ever meet it ...
regards
john
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