On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 02:06:47PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> LYX_PROG_CXX finds a C++ compiler that statisfies our needs.
>
> Your solution finds a C++ compiler and checks afterwards whether it
> works.
>
> This is useful on non-gnu systems where gcc may not be good enough,
> but cxx or CC may be good. Also, if the user sets CCC environment
> variable to something stupid, it will try to find another one.
It is not like you to want to avoid removing code.
This "feature" seems mighty silly to me. It is up to the configurer to choose
a suitable compiler and set CXX if necessary. Maybe we could mention setting
CXX explicitly in INSTALL or something, but I don't see the point in some fragile
magic ...
Just my two centimes ...
john
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