>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>>>>> "Lars" == Lars J Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lars> The problem is that when it's time to link against the C++
Lars> library in the parent project, a C linker is chosen, which fails
Lars> on a lot of platforms (IRIX is one of them).

Lars> Does anyone know why $(LINK) is chosen instead of $(CXXLINK) in
Lars> the subproject, even though it's a C++ project, using the C++
Lars> compiler while compiling the objects?

> Automake should always choose the C++ linker if a C++ source file is
> seen.  If you only have C source files, then automake has no way of
> knowing that the library is a C++ library.  I assume this isn't the
> case for you, in which case you've found a bug.  Could you make a
> smaller test case?

Automake does. I have the same problem and it is caused by libtool. Automake
passes the CXXLINK to libtool which ignores it and uses the C linker instead
:-(.

Ganesan

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