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Re: configure is not checking for g++ in Debian Lenny
From: David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:25:51 -0600
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:16:09PM -0300, Mostaço-Guidolin, Luiz C. B. wrote:
I tried to compile nmap nmap-4.85BETA10.tar.bz2<http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-4.85BETA10.tar.bz2>in my Debian Lenny (without g++ installed but with gcc installed) and the ./configure script reports no error. So, obviously when I tried to compile it with make it returns error. Then, after the installation o g++ it compiles ok.
Thanks for the report. I looked into this. It turns out that the configure script is in fact looking for a C++ compiler, but it does so with the AC_PROG_CXX macro, which uses "g++" for a default value if none was found. http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/autoconf/C_002b_002b-Compiler.html A web search shows that this has been a minor irritation for some other projects. It appears that the behavior of AC_PROG_CXX may change in the future to allow detection of a missing compiler, however from what I could tell it's not changed in the Autoconf git tree. http://osdir.com/ml/bug-autoconf-gnu/2009-06/msg00006.html I think this is a minor enough problem that we can just wait until Autoconf makes it easy to fix. David Fifield _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
Current thread:
- configure is not checking for g++ in Debian Lenny Mostaço-Guidolin , Luiz C . B . (Jun 21)
- Re: configure is not checking for g++ in Debian Lenny David Fifield (Jun 29)