Re: Switching compiler between glib and an application/library

[Raja R Harinath <harinath cs umn edu>]

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> writes:
> On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 fpetitje@bureauveritas.com wrote:
> >   If we buil/install glib (1.1.12) with a compiler (say gcc) some
> > particularities specific to the compiler are recorded in glibconfig.h file
> > (which is included by glib.h). As a consequence, it is (right now) not
> > possible to use another compiler to build an application which uses glib.
> > It is really a big constraint.
> >   I may have an application without configure/autoconf setup and only a
> > Makefile and sources targeted to a native C compiler for example; the make
> > will fail if glib was built with gcc.
> 
> You need to install glib in a separate prefix for each compiler you use.

Actually, separate $exec_prefix should be enough.  Of course, that
still means that you have a separate libglib.so for each compiler that
you use.

- Hari
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