Archivi tag: gcc

autotools and latest gcc version

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Running an old autotools build I just found it didn’t work no more. The command in error was:
# gcc -lpthread -o foo foo.o

Manually putting -lpthread at the end was ok but as I was using autotools I couldn’t just change the order and – above all – it was fine for gcc to expect the library *after* the object file!

The solution – suggested on #gcc by ngladitz – was to use the right autotools variable for adding libraries.

After RTFM I just:
– foo_LDFLAGS=-lpthread # autotools put flags before …
+ foo_LDADD=-lpthread # … and libraries after

cleaning up and rebuilding fixed everything!

Annotate C with GCC Function Attributes

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A nice feature of GCC – which is not standard – is support for annotate C code and selectively avoid or raise warnings.

Example 1. A function which has a willingly unused variable can avoid a warning at compile time

int my_function(int a, int b, __attribute__((unused)) int c_only_for_debug) {

printf(“print %d\n”, a+b);

#ifdef DEBUG

printf(“on debug print %d too\n”, c_only_for_debug);

#endif

}

More examples soon ;)