Re: general build question

["Andres Gonzalez" <gonzo agoralabs com>]

Milosz,
Hrvoje,

Thank you for your answers--it is making more sense now.

-Andres



> On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 14:20 -0500, Andres Gonzalez wrote:
> > Q: what actually does pkg-config do?
>
> It prints the appropriate package configuration
(compiler/linker/...)
> flags to the standard output.  You can check the flags by simply
issuing
> pkg-config ... on the command line.
>
> The backquote construct simply tells the shell to use the output of
> pkg-config as if it were part of the current command.
>
> > Q: do I use `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`  if I am using g++ and
not
> > gcc?
>
> Yes because the flags are compatible.
> >
> > Q: what is the reference to: __gxx_personality_v0  ??>
> > Q: how do I resolve that undefined reference error?
>
> See other response about -lstdc++.  You should remember to use g++
for
> linking.