Re: compiling c++ source files

[Stefan Kleine Stegemann]

Hi,

> i have to interface to c++ code and haven't found a way to properly
> compile the sources from my GNUmakefile. adding them to
> <toolname>_C_FILES doesn't work, because there is no rule to make the
> object file.
>
> my current workaround is including the .cpp in a .c file and setting
> CC=c++, but i'm sure there is a way to handle this correctly, e.g. by
> writing custom rules.
i had the same problem and found out that adding the name of a .cpp
file with .c prefix to xxxx_C_FILES works. However, you still have to 
set CC=c++
(at least to get the program linked with c++, otherwise the c++ runtime
env is missing in the resulting program/library).

greets
Stefan