Thanks Dave!
> Assembler files that end in .s don't use the > preprocessor so they Do you mean assembly language source codes files by "Assembler files"? regards, George --- Dave Hylands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi George, > > > I agree with all your points, besides, > > > > > CPPCLAGS is used by th preprocessor, the C > compiler, > > > and the C++ > > > compiler (and other things that use the > preprocessor > > > > In my previous mind, CPPFLAGS is only used for > > preprocessor, you mean it is also used for C and > C++ > > compiler? > > > > (I think maybe you mean C and C++ compiler invokes > C > > preprocessor?) > > Yeah - Anything that uses the preprocessor uses > CPPFLAGS. The C and > C++ compilers always use the pre-processor, so they > always use > CPPFLAGS. > > Assembler files that end in .s don't use the > preprocessor so they > don't use CPPFLAGS, but assembler files which end in > .S use the > preprocessor, so they do use CPPFLAGS. > > CPPFLAGS should only contain preprocessor options. > > -- > Dave Hylands > Vancouver, BC, Canada > http://www.DaveHylands.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
