Aragon, As you've already figured out, AC_CHECK_LIB was designed for C linkage. That means that you'd need to name your function exactly as it is exported by your library - eg., ZN8cpputils4flipEd (minus the leading underscore character) - in order to trick the macro into finding it. This is a hack, but it's better than redefining your function with C linkage in your library. Autoconf does appear to provide a framework for different languages. But a quick examination of /usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/c.m4 shows that the C++ version of AC_LANG_CALL (used by AC_CHECK_LIB) is just a copy of the C version of that macro. Other languages can't get away with such a cavalier attitude (as they're not as close to the C language). But it would be nice if someone would rewrite AC_LANG_CALL(C++) to actually handle C++ linkage. In fairness, this may cause more problems than it would solve, because while some might want to look for a function exported with C++ linkage, MOST C++ libraries provide at least ONE global function that is exported with C linkage. The idea with AC_CHECK_LIB isn't to find the function you want to call here, but rather to simply be pretty sure that the library you've found is the one you're interested in. If you want to find a specific function, then try AC_SEARCH_LIBS. But be careful, you'll find some of the same issues with that macro, as well as some issues of its own. Kind regards, John -----Original Message----- From: autoconf-bounces+john.calcote=gmail.com@xxxxxxx [mailto:autoconf-bounces+john.calcote=gmail.com@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of aaragon Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 8:31 PM To: Autoconf@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: library search test fails, please help cpputils is a C++ library I wrote. The result from that command is aaragon@aaragon-laptop:~/Lib/lib$ nm -g libcpputils.so | grep flip 00003c20 T _ZN8cpputils4flipEd and if I filter that using c++filt: aaragon@aaragon-laptop:~/Lib/lib$ nm -g libcpputils.so | grep flip | c++filt 00003c20 T cpputils::flip(double) Is there a way to make this macro work with C++ functions??? for the time being, I thought that it might be a very good idea to create a function with C linkage, so for example in my library I wrote: extern "C" { int cpputils_autotools() { return 0; } } so I can use that function in the test for autotools. This I guess is something that should be done automatically by autotools when creating C++ libraries, so that people don't break their head agains the wall trying to find out why the macros to test for libraries don't work. aa Peter O'Gorman wrote: > > aaragon wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I found working with autoconf sometimes very frustrating. This is an >> example. I want to check for a particular static library that I created. >> Thus, I put the following in the configure.ac file > >> configure:15785: g++-mp-4.3 -g -O3 -o conftest -g -O2 >> -I/Users/aaragon/Lib/include -L/Users/aaragon/Lib/lib conftest.cpp >> -lcpputils >&5 >> Undefined symbols: >> "_flip", referenced from: > > > I'm guessing that the cpputils library does not define "_flip". Does nm > -g libcpputils.a | grep _flip show it with a capital letter? > > Peter > -- > Peter O'Gorman > http://pogma.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Autoconf mailing list > Autoconf@xxxxxxx > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/library-search-test-fails%2C-please-help-tp22140739p22 155024.html Sent from the Gnu - Autoconf - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
