Re: Compile C code with C++ compiler

[Earnie Boyd]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Am Die, 2003-04-08 um 20.10 schrieb Sebastian Huber:
>
> > Hi,
> > does someone now how to force Automake to compile C code with a C++ compiler, 
> > e.g. g++?
>
>
> automake applies suffix-rules
>
> Therefore, standard ways to force compilation of C files with a C++
> compiler would be to
> * apply "configure CC=g++" 
> * Convert your C-code to C++ (Change the suffix of your files).
> * Implement individual compilation rules for these files.
>
>
> > I cannot use CC=g++.
>
> Why not? IMO, this indicates major bugs in your code.

Shouldn't one use CXX for the C++ makefile variable?

Earnie.