On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:10:20AM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > If a program which is based on C language depends on a library which > is implemented in C++, the C++ compiler should be used to link the > program. Otherwise C++ static initialization may not work right, or > linking may fail entirely. Libtool doesn't currently offer any > provision to do that. > > The installed .la file for a C++ library does not indicate the > implementation language, or what linker should be used. When the C++ > library was built using modern GCC then libstdc++.la is listed as a > library dependency so at some clue may be gleaned from that fact. > > It seems to me that this is a fundamental flaw in muti-lingual libtool > as it exists today.
Shouldn't the developer be responsible for using the C++ compiler rather than the C compiler? Why should libtool solve this? Without libtool, the developer should be using the C++ compiler to link anyway. -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
