Re: Compiler checks in AM_PROG_LIBTOOL

[Peter O'Gorman]

On Mar 5, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Fredrik Tolf wrote:

> Hi list!
>
> I have this little problem with libtool, which I was convinced was a
> common problem, but no matter what I've googled for I haven't been  
> able
> to find anything relevant, so I'm turning to the list instead.
>
> The thing is, I'm using libtool in a couple of projects of mine, along
> with autoconf and automake. Thus, I'm also using the AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
> macro in my configure.in. However, it seems to have the rather nasty
> habit of not only wanting to check for the g++ and g77 compilters, but
> even making configure fail if they aren't present, and I have been
> unable to find any way of turning that behavior off. It's quite
> troubling for me not to be able to compile these programs on systems
> without those compilers.
>
> Surely, libtool doesn't actually require C++ or FORTRAN compilers? Is
> there any way to make AM_PROG_LIBTOOL ignore those?

Use a newer libtool, although the stable version still checks for  
fortran and c++ compilers it does not error out if not present.

Peter