Re: GNUmakefile CXX flags ignored

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

On 08/17/13 10:38, Wolfgang Lux wrote:
> Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>
> > David Chisnall wrote:
> > > On 16 Aug 2013, at 22:34, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Anyway, what happens is that the CC file is compiled using CLFAGS and not the 
> > > > CXXFLAGS.
> > > The compiling with CFLAGS is also a bug, as C-compiler flags (e.g. -std=c99) 
> > > are often invalid for C++.  I've hit this problem before.
> > Yes, it is incorrect. In this case it doesn't harm and, perhaps, I can add or I 
> > need to duplicate them. -I flags should not be CFLAGS I suppose, but CPPFLAGS, 
> > which are traditionally shared.
> >
> > Anyway, the bigger problem is that CXXFLAGS are being ignored.
> I had a quick look through rules.make and it seems that GNUstep-make uses 
> CCFLAGS instead of CXXFLAGS. Those flags are added to the ones given in CFLAGS, 
> so the incorrect behavior mentioned by David applies.
I don't know if there is a "standard". I see CXXFLAGS mentioned 
everywhere in the automake and autoconf documentation as well in most 
examples.
Shouldn't we switch or try to support both?

I indeed changed to CCFLAGS instead of CXXFLAGS and it now works 
(fighting with other makefile problems).

Riccardo