From: "Matthew Conte" <itsbroke AT classicgaming DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: thinlib directmedia djgpp library 0.1.1
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"Hans-Bernhard Broeker" <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

> > Error when compiling (Using gcc 3.0.4):
>
> > gpp -W -Wall -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -o tl_sb.o -c
tl_sb.c
>   ^^^
^^^^^^^
> Usage error, I'd say.  You shouldn't be compiling a C source with
the
> C++ compiler.
[snip]

why is gpp being used to compile tl_sb.c?  my rule for .c files is:

%.o: %.c
 $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<

there is no rule for .cpp files: the one .cpp file in the distribution
(the 'test' file) uses gpp explicitly in its rule for the resulting
.exe.

regards,
matthew.