GNU bug report logs - #11179
There should be a way to suppress libtool support for C and all related checks

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Subject: There should be a way to suppress libtool support for C and all
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If I have a library that is entirely written in, say, C++, there is no
reason for libtool to probe features of the C compiler, but there's no
way to make it not do that.

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