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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:20:01 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Sascha Schumann" <sascha@schumann.cx>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Support for C++ extension in UNIX builds
From: mes@zeroc.com ("Mark Spruiell")

>> On Solaris with Sun CC, however, I've had to manually edit the
>> Makefile or the libtool script in order to successfully build
>> my extension. When I compile the extension into PHP, I have to
>> change $(CC) to $(CXX) in certain places in the Makefile.
>
>     *.cpp files are automatically compiled using $(CXX).  Make
>     sure that you use the sanctioned suffix.

Right, my C++ source files are being compiled correctly, the problem is with linking.

>> When I build it as a dynamic library, I have to edit libtool so that it uses $(CXX) and not ld
to create the shared library.
>
>     libtool 1.4 does not support building DSOs in a portable way for any language but C.  Try
libtool 1.5.

I installed libtool 1.5, but it causes PHP builds to fail for other reasons, so I haven't been
able to verify whether it enables a successful build of my extension as a shared library.

- Mark