Re: linking a C program with a C++ library on Solaris

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: linking a C program with a C++ library on Solaris, Bob...:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Tim Mooney wrote:
>
> > On Solaris, if you are linking against any C++ objects, you must use the
> > C++ compiler to link.  I don't know if that's common to other platforms
> > or not, as I don't have access to the plethora of UNIX platforms I used
> > to.  In any case, the packages I've encountered don't seem to expect that,
> > so the (libtool) link stage for the C project doesn't know to use C++,
> > and the link fails.
>
> Libtool 2.2 does not have this problem.  It should be released as soon
> as someone is available to create the release package since the
> consensus is that it is ready.  Since it did not appear to happen this
> past weekend, maybe we will be lucky and it will pop out this next
> weekend.

Thanks Bob, that's great news!

I don't see anything in 2.1b's info files or README or NEWS for updating
a project from 1.5.x to 2.2.  I assume that means that there's nothing
a project maintainer needs to do other than to re-libtoolize his or her
project?

Tim
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