Re: compiling help

[Tom <debian@jojosarfo.org>]

That worked like a charm.  Thanks for the info.

th

On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Mark Brown wrote:

> What happens if you try wrapping the #include <cgi.h> like so:
> 
>    extern "C" {
>    #include <cgi.h>
>    }
> 
> Most Unix C++ compilers encode type information about symbols into the
> names of objects they link to in order to enforce type checking between
> modules.  The extern "C" tells the compiler to use the normal naming
> system (just the symbol name).
> 
> -- 
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