Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Robert Boehne wrote:
> <SNIP>
> Hmmm, what does this code actually do for us?

I wondered that myself.

> What would you all say to a patch that prints an
> error if the mode isn't specified?

That would be fine by me.

Bob

>
> Robert
>
> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> >
> > The first half of this patch is applied to CVS head.  I could not find
> > anything matching the second patch.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Ossama Othman wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This is from a Debian user:
> > >
> > > --------------------------
> > > When one tells libtool to use g++-3.0 as the compiler, libtool barfs
> > > because it doesn't recognize that as a C/C++ compiler.  This makes it
> > > harder for people on an architecture which uses GCC 2.x as the default
> > > compiler (eg i386) to diagnose and debug problems related to GCC 3.x.
> > >
> > > Here is a simple possible fix, to /usr/bin/libtool:
> > >
> > > <     *cc | *++ | gcc* | *-gcc*)
> > >
> > > >     *cc | *++ | gcc* | *-gcc* | g++*)
> > > --------------------------
> > >
> > > I suppose this should now be:
> > >
> > > <    *cc | *++ | gcc* | *-gcc* | xlc*)
> > >
> > > >    *cc | *++ | gcc* | *-gcc* | g++* | xlc*)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Ossama
> > > --
> > > Ossama Othman <address@hidden>
> > > Distributed Object Computing Laboratory, Univ. of California at Irvine
> > > 1024D/F7A394A8 - 84ED AA0B 1203 99E4 1068  70E6 5EB7 5E71 F7A3 94A8
> > >
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