configure CXX bug

configure seems to be having a problem with --without-CXX
When given, the C++ compiler is set to 'no'.

This was with CVS as of about 10:00 EDT

platform is linux i386 running Debian 'woody'.
 
 --- commandline ---
 
 ./configure --enable-debug --enable-cassert --enable-depend --without-python --without-perl --without-CXX
 
 --- OUTPUT ----
 
 creating cache ./config.cache
 checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu
 checking which template to use... linux
 checking whether to build with locale support... no
 checking whether to build with Cyrillic recode support... no
 checking whether to build with multibyte character support... no
 checking for default port number... 5432
 checking for default soft limit on number of connections... 32
 checking for gcc... gcc
 checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
 checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
 checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
 checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
 using CFLAGS=-O2
 checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... yes
 checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) is a cross-compiler... no
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
 checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
 checking setting debug compiler flag... yes
 checking setting USE_TCL... disabled
 checking whether to build Perl modules... no
 checking whether to build Python modules... no
 checking whether to build the ODBC driver... no
 checking setting ASSERT CHECKING... enabled
 checking whether to build C++ modules... yes
 checking for c++... no
 checking whether the C++ compiler (no  ) works... no
 configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables.
 
 ------ config.log --------
 
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
 configure:619: checking host system type
 configure:642: checking which template to use
 configure:787: checking whether to build with locale support
 configure:809: checking whether to build with Cyrillic recode support
 configure:832: checking whether to build with multibyte character support
 configure:872: checking for default port number
 configure:901: checking for default soft limit on number of connections
 configure:939: checking for gcc
 configure:1052: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
 configure:1068: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
 configure:1094: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler
 configure:1099: checking whether we are using GNU C
 configure:1108: gcc -E conftest.c
 configure:1127: checking whether gcc accepts -g
 configure:1163: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works
 configure:1179: gcc -o conftest -O2   conftest.c  1>&5
 configure:1205: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) is a cross-compiler
 configure:1210: checking how to run the C preprocessor
 configure:1231: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
 configure:1291: checking whether gcc needs -traditional
 configure:1374: checking setting debug compiler flag
 configure:1429: checking setting USE_TCL
 configure:1482: checking whether to build Perl modules
 configure:1499: checking whether to build Python modules
 configure:1759: checking whether to build the ODBC driver
 configure:1795: checking setting ASSERT CHECKING
 configure:1843: checking whether to build C++ modules
 configure:1857: checking for c++
 configure:1889: checking whether the C++ compiler (no  ) works
 configure:1905: no -o conftest    conftest.C  1>&5
 ./configure: no: command not found
 configure: failed program was:
 
 #line 1900 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 int main(){return(0);}

-- 

Mark Hollomon
mhh@nortelnetworks.com