From: David Plans Casal <dpc@...>
Date: 2005-04-06T23:52:09+09:00
Subject: Re: extconf.rb and dyld problem


On 6 Apr 2005, at 15:33, Peter Wood wrote:

>> if have_header("fmod.h")
>>     if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
>>         CONFIG["CC"] = "c++"
>>         CONFIG["LDSHARED"].gsub!("cc","g++") #make sure you're using 
>> g++ so it links libstdc++
>>         CONFIG['LDSHARED'].gsub!('gcc','g++')
>>         $create = true if have_library("fmod")
>>     elsif have_library("fmod") #more than likely a linux box
>>         CONFIG['LDSHARED'].gsub!('gcc','g++') #make sure c++ gets 
>> linked properly
>>         $create = true
>>     end
>> end
> From your mail it looks as if you doing your best to use the C++ 
> compiler rather than the standard C compiler. Won't you then be 
> subject to name mangling? Ruby is expecting certain elements under 
> standard names. If those names have been mangled by the C++ compiler 
> it won't find them.

The libraries I'm trying to compile/link are C++, so I thought I -had- 
to use the C++ compiler?

d