[cairo] How to remove cairo's libstdc++ dependency?

[Koen Kooi]

On 24-07-09 06:24, M Joonas Pihlaja wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Since including the Qt surface code into cairo master the autotools
> are convinced we need to be linked using a C++ compiler even if the Qt
> surface isn't enabled.  This adds a dependency to libstdc++ to
> libcairo which to me at least is an unwelcome one.  It looks like
> we've had this issue before as well with the BeOS backend, and in that
> case the (imho kludgy) solution was just to comment out the backend
> from the sources list.
>
> So I spent a while trying to understand why automake thinks we need a
> C++ compiler to link and got as far as becoming very confused about
> our build system.  It appears to first think we're okay not to use C++
> compiler to link and then in a second phase of automagic it backs up
> and decides we need one after all.  If anyone has any ideas on how to
> get around this issue beyond "go bug the automake people", please do
> tell. :)

Would passing -Wl,-as-needed work in this case?

regards,

Koen