Re: make can not find .cpp file, any general comments or suggestions to debug?

[Lin George]

Thanks Dave!


> Assembler files that end in .s don't use the
> preprocessor so they

Do you mean assembly language source codes files by
"Assembler files"?


regards,
George

--- Dave Hylands <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi George,
> 
> > I agree with all your points, besides,
> >
> > > CPPCLAGS is used by th preprocessor, the C
> compiler,
> > > and the C++
> > > compiler (and other things that use the
> preprocessor
> >
> > In my previous mind, CPPFLAGS is only used for
> > preprocessor, you mean it is also used for C and
> C++
> > compiler?
> >
> > (I think maybe you mean C and C++ compiler invokes
> C
> > preprocessor?)
> 
> Yeah - Anything that uses the preprocessor uses
> CPPFLAGS. The C and
> C++ compilers always use the pre-processor, so they
> always use
> CPPFLAGS.
> 
> Assembler files that end in .s don't use the
> preprocessor so they
> don't use CPPFLAGS, but assembler files which end in
> .S use the
> preprocessor, so they do use CPPFLAGS.
> 
> CPPFLAGS should only contain preprocessor options.
> 
> --
> Dave Hylands
> Vancouver, BC, Canada
> http://www.DaveHylands.com/
> 


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