Re: Using USE_LANGUAGES

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 10:42:53PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> Some autoconf scripts seem to invoke c++ and f77, even though the
> application doesn't use either language.  This causes a warning message
> from pkgsrc suggesting that I add those languages to the USE_LANGUAGES
> variable.  Should I listen?

Generally not. Some of them bail out on error and the warning is there
to tell you why the compiler call mysteriously failed.

Joerg