Re: How to optionally test for a C++ compiler?

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Feb 13, 2000, Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I like this idea.  The AC_PROG_CXX macro would then be something like
> the following (based on AC_PROG_CXX in the CVS repo):

>   AC_PROG_CXX([LIST-OF-COMPILERS],
>               [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
>               [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])

I like this.

Maybe we could also have an argument or macro to set the test program
to be used, so that different packages can set different requirement
levels of C++, and AC_PROG_CXX will look for a C++ compiler that meets
their needs, instead of picking the first one it finds just for
configure to abort later on because the compiler doesn't satisfy the
checked needs.

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