xxdiff, uses autoconf, which is looking for the C++ compiler. It finds c++ (which is a link into alternatives) and decides it's not g++.
The line in configure.in is: AM_CONDITIONAL(IS_COMPILER_GCC, test x$CXX = xg++) Does anybody else, that has packaged a autoconfigured c++ package have a simple way of resolving this? I have thought about: basename `readlink -f \`which c++\`` which first follows all the links and then strips the directories from the path, but this sucks because this makes the build process depend on two additional packages. Since the upstream author would include the Debian stuff upstreams I don't want to make the build process more difficult for non-Debian systems. Any elegant solutions? *t ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions Elestastrasse 18, 7310 Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Tel: +41 (81) 330 77 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------