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Simon South commented on THRIFT-381: ------------------------------------ This is still an issue: If g++ isn't installed, configure will fail silently with no indication to the user of what the problem is: {code} ... checking for uint64_t... no checking for uint8_t... no checking for ptrdiff_t... no [ssouth@laptop thrift]$ {code} configure should let the user know g++ needs to be installed for it to continue. > Fail fast if configure detects C++ problems > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: THRIFT-381 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-381 > Project: Thrift > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Build Process > Reporter: David Reiss > Assignee: David Reiss > Priority: Trivial > > We had a guy on the public list who couldn't compile and run a trivial C++ > program on his machine because libstdc++ was messed up. configure should > detect this and bail out. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)