Description:
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The configure fails to discover that that g++ (ie LD=/usr/bin/g++)   
supports shared libraries.   
From the output:   
   
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/g++) supports shared   
libraries... no   
   
I can assure you that g++ (used as 'ld) does support shared libs. I   
need to use g++ specificly because ld does not link C++ libraries   
correctly and we use some C++ code in our own extensions.  
   
g++ --version         ==>   2.95.3   
   
For the record: *only* LD is set, not CC or CXX or any xxxFLAGS. 

Reproduce code:
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LD=/usr/bin/g++ ./configure --disable_all

Expected result:
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checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/g++) supports shared 
libraries... yes 
 
 

Actual result:
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checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/g++) supports shared   
libraries... no   
   
Unfortunately it is nigh impossible to figure out what configure   
does.    
   
I also tried gcc-3.4.3 which claimed g++ did and did not support it   
in the same run, but in the end refused to build the .so file anyway.   
I also tried 'LD="g++ -v"' and '--with-gnu-ld' but to no avail.   
All these tests on a freshly untarred tarball to be sure.   
   
 Yours sincerely,   
Arnoud Rattink.