[Python-Dev] [C++-sig] GCC version compatibility (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Jul 12 01:07:56 CEST 2005

Christoph Ludwig wrote:

Yes, but on ELF/Linux the default configuration should be --without-cxx in the first place. If the build instructions make it sufficiently clear that you should prefer this configuration whenever possible then this should be a non-issue on platforms like ELF/Linux.

Some users will complain about this. Specifying --without-cxx also causes configure not to look for a C++ compiler, meaning that distutils won't know what the C++ compiler is, meaning that it will link extension modules with the C compiler instead.

Regards, Martin

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