Nekonomicon - compiler-preprocessor disagreements

hamei
Who joined Feb. 24, 2004, 4:10 p.m.
and authored 8449 notes

Wrote the following at March 3, 2013, 11:06 p.m...

Doesnt seem to hurt anything but just out of curiosity, what causes this ?

Code:

  checking fontconfig/fontconfig.h usability... yes
  
  checking fontconfig/fontconfig.h presence... no
  
  configure: WARNING: fontconfig/fontconfig.h: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor!
  
  configure: WARNING: fontconfig/fontconfig.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
  
  checking for fontconfig/fontconfig.h... yes
  
  checking for FcConfigCreate in -lfontconfig... yes

How can fontconfig.h be usable but not present ?

jpstewart
Who joined Sept. 21, 2010, 2:31 p.m.
and authored 165 notes

Wrote the following at March 4, 2013, 7:26 a.m...

Do you have settings for CFLAGS and/or CPPFLAGS?

My guess (and it's just a guess at this point) is that you've got -I/some/path in your CFLAGS so that the compiler can find the file, but that it's not in your CPPFLAGS so that the preprocessor (when run alone) cannot find it. If you move -I/some/path to CPPFLAGS instead, you'll get the expected results.

That's certainly (IMHO) the most likely reason for the compiler and preprocessor to disagree.

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hamei
Who joined Feb. 24, 2004, 4:10 p.m.
and authored 8449 notes

Wrote the following at March 4, 2013, 7:44 p.m...

jpstewart wrote:

Do you have settings for CFLAGS and/or CPPFLAGS?

My guess (and it's just a guess at this point) is that you've got -I/some/path in your CFLAGS so that the compiler can find the file, but that it's not in your CPPFLAGS so that the preprocessor (when run alone) cannot find it.

ho ho ! Close inspection revealed a fat-finger typing error in the environment ! Thanks, jp, that solved it.

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