On 18 January 2011 23:01, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 18 January 2011 22:27, <david.hagood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hello >>>> /bin/nice -10 gcc -DELCOR -DSUPPORT_PBR -DLINUX -gstabs+ -static >> ^^^ >> >>>> from Tools/tools_all.cpp:128: >> ^^^ >> >> You are attempting to compile a C++ file as though it were C. > > I don't think that's the problem, in the absence of a '-x lang' option > the gcc driver will infer the language from the file extension, see > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Overall-Options.html > > Using 'gcc' to compile C++ works fine, although it doesn't link to > libstdc++ by default, but that is not the problem here. > Actually this is the relevant page from the manual: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Invoking-G_002b_002b.html