Re: Lack of AM_PROG_CXX_C_O

[Julio M. Merino Vidal]

On 25/06/2007, at 17:35, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> Hello Julio,
>
> * Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote on Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 04:55:55PM CEST:
> > I see that Autoconf 2.61 has added the macros AC_PROG_{CXX,FC,F77} 
> > _C_O.
> > Does Automake need to mimic these, replacing them with their AM_*
> > counterparts?
>
> I have a dusty patch for this lying around somewhere.  I'll try to  
> find
> and post it when I return from travelling, next week.  But chances are
> you don't need those macros: C++ compilers not understanding "-c -o"
> (except MSVC, for which wrappers like cccl and wgcc exist) are very
> rare (UnixWare).

Aha, that's what I was suspecting.  So, if this macro is not required  
for C++ code, maybe the documentation should be adjusted to mention  
this fact?

Also, what about Fortran?  (I don't know anything about this language  
so cannot make any guesses.)

Thank you,

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <address@hidden>