Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> [config.log] >> configure:5791: /lib/cpp conftest.cc >> cpp: conftest.cc: C++ compiler not installed on this system >> configure:5797: $? = 1 >> configure: failed program was: > > In my opinion, this is the most grevious existing libtool bug. The > problem is that Autoconf's /lib/cpp tests abort configure if /lib/cpp > fails. However, it may be seen that this is really an Autoconf bug > since Autoconf should only require cpp to work for a language if a > header is actually tested for in that language. Libtool does not test > for any headers using C++ (as far as I am aware). Moreover it is wrong to use /lib/cpp for *anything* but C code, IMHO. In recent SuSE versions /lib/cpp has been changed to force C languages mode on the preprocessor to workaround that bug. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@xxxxxxx SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."
