I found the following: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/495598/difference-between-cppflags-and-cxxflags-in-gnu-make http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Implicit-Variables.html#Implicit-Variables
On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:35 AM, James Gregurich wrote: > > ok. ignoring the practical perspective, what is conceptually correct? What is > the design purpose of CPPFLAGS and CXXFLAGS In the configure script system? > > > On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > >> On Feb 3, 2011, at 2:14 PM, James Gregurich wrote: >>> >>> I need clear guidance on where to go on this point. Should macports be >>> patched to add the missing flags to CPPFLAGS or should the expat folks be >>> approached about corrections to their configure script. >> >> I don't have an easy answer but... >> >> You probably need a larger sample size to determine if adding arch args to >> CPPFLAGS is a good idea or not. As a practical matter, it's only worth doing >> if it solves more problems than it causes. > > _______________________________________________ > macports-dev mailing list > macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
