Newbie question with Autoconf 2.57

[Christian Convey <cconvey@xxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,

I'm sure you get this a lot, but I can't find it documented anywhere...

I've installed autoconf 2.57 on a Mandrake 9.1 system.  When I run any 
of the macros used for testing out the C++ compiler, I get failed tests.

Here's the fragment of the config.log file that I think is relevant:

> Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --with-slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-
> shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --enable-long-long --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java --host=i
> 586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
> configure:1367: $? = 0
> configure:1369: g++ -V </dev/null >&5
> g++-3.2.2: argument to `-V' missing
>
> configure:1372: $? = 1
> configure:1396: checking for C++ compiler default output
> configure:1399: g++   /opt/xerces-2.3.0/lib conftest.cc  >&5
> /opt/xerces-2.3.0/lib: file not recognized: Is a directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure:1402: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:
> | #line 1375 "configure"
> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> |
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
> configure:1441: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.


I suspect my problem is that when you invoke "g++ -V", the "-V" is 
supposed to be followed with a particular version number.

Am I doing something wrong?  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Christian


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Christian Convey
Sr. Software Engineer,
Computer Science Dept.
Brown University