Re: SCO OS's (OpenServer, UnixWare) Worked well with $CC

[Robert Boehne]

Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
> 
> To whom it may concern:
> 
> We (myself and others from SCO) made changes to my systems so all programs
> using libtool on my system used $CC last July-October and everything was
> great.  I had even forgot we had done the changes.  Downloaded the latest
> version also the latest CVS and lost my $CC changes suddenly everything
> started crashing, core dumping...  I went from passing all test to failing
> a lot.  I have found that my major problem is linking with ld instead of
> $CC and the second most problem is the -lc.  Removing it and linking with
> $CC is the best fix.  SCO Development tools and GCC Development tools
> know which linker and the right order to put things in to create the
> executable program.  Is there a way to have this be the default
> behavoir on these platforms.  I do not want to break other platforms.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> Boyd Gerber <address@hidden>

This is a known problem in the HEAD CVS version, the C tags overwrite
some of the C++ tag variables, and hence attempt to link C++ with ld. 
:(
We are currently working on this and will eventually fix it.
In the mean time, you may want to try the multi-language-branch of CVS.

Robert

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