Make problem mapserver 4.2.5

[Wim Blanken]

Hello Frank,

Thanx for your clear answer. This list is really one the strengths of
mapserver!!
I will ask my provider to install g++.
Do you think that my problem will be solved if g++ is installed?

Regards,

Wim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Warmerdam" <fwarmerdam at GMAIL.COM>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Make problem mapserver 4.2.5


> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:30:13 +0100, Wim Blanken <w.blanken at geon.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> Maybe a stupid question but do i really need g++ to compile mapserver?
>> If not how can i fix the following make error on a system with only the
>> gcc
>> compiler installed
>> I used no options during ./configure.
>
> Wim,
>
> The mapogr.cpp module really is C++ and requires a c++
> compiler.  However, you can invoke gcc on it, and if it is
> C++ enabled it will compile the module properly.  The problem
> may arise later at link time.  Linking using gcc instead of g++
> (or c++ as it is sometimes available) will result in the executable
> not linking in C++ support libraries that are likely required by
> mapogr.cpp.  To make this work you may need to find the name
> of the C++ support libraries and explicitly include them in the link.
> They are usually something like libstdc++.so so having -lstdc++ in
> the link line may be sufficient.
>
> To later these settings just edit the Makefile and alter all
> occurances of g++ to gcc and add -lstdc++ in the EXE_LDFLAGS
> variable.
>
> Note that it is rather unusual in my experience to have gcc
> installed without g++.  This may indicate that your GCC was
> built without C++ support in which case you will not be able to
> include the OGR support in MapServer.
>
> Best regards,
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