Re: CXXFLAGS and linking

[Braden McDaniel]

Quoting William S Fulton <address@hidden>:

> I see that CXXFLAGS and AM_CXXFLAGS gets passed to the linker
> ($CXXLINK). This doesn't seem correct as the C++ flags aren't
> necessarily appropriate for linking. This isn't consistent with the
> per-program xxxx_CXXFLAGS which do not get passed to the linker. Is this
> all as intended?

I agree with you. I'll also note that GNU make doesn't use CFLAGS when linking
with its default action.

Certainly either way, there's an inconsistency here that should be addressed.

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