[Automake-commit] [SCM] GNU Automake branch, maint, updated. v1.12.3-38-gd8f47b1

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Summary of changes:
 gen-testsuite-part |    7 +++++--
 lib/depcomp        |    9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gen-testsuite-part b/gen-testsuite-part
index 6ed1931..96f43cc 100755
--- a/gen-testsuite-part
+++ b/gen-testsuite-part
@@ -340,8 +340,11 @@ my %depmodes =
     makedepend   => ["cc", "makedepend"],
     dashmstdout  => ["gcc"],
     cpp          => ["gcc"],
-# This is for older (pre-3.x) GCC versions.  Newer versions
-# have depmode "gcc3".
+# This was for older (pre-3.x) GCC versions (newer versions
+# have depmode "gcc3").  But other compilers use this depmode
+# as well (for example, the IMB xlc/xlC compilers, and the HP
+# C compiler, see 'lib/depcomp' for more info), so it's not
+# obsolete, and it's worth giving it some coverage.
     gcc          => ["gcc"],
 # This is for older (pre-7) msvc versions.  Newer versions
 # have depmodes "msvc7" and "msvc7msys".
diff --git a/lib/depcomp b/lib/depcomp
index ee84bf2..e1f51f4 100755
--- a/lib/depcomp
+++ b/lib/depcomp
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ tmpdepfile=${tmpdepfile-`echo "$depfile" | sed 
's/\.\([^.]*\)$/.T\1/'`}
 
 rm -f "$tmpdepfile"
 
+# Avoid interferences from the environment.
+gccflag= dashmflag=
+
 # Some modes work just like other modes, but use different flags.  We
 # parameterize here, but still list the modes in the big case below,
 # to make depend.m4 easier to write.  Note that we *cannot* use a case
@@ -142,13 +145,17 @@ gcc3)
   ;;
 
 gcc)
+## Note that this doesn't just cater to obsosete pre-3.x GCC compilers.
+## but also to in-use compilers like IMB xlc/xlC and the HP C compiler.
+## (see the conditional assignment to $gccflag above).
 ## There are various ways to get dependency output from gcc.  Here's
 ## why we pick this rather obscure method:
 ## - Don't want to use -MD because we'd like the dependencies to end
 ##   up in a subdir.  Having to rename by hand is ugly.
 ##   (We might end up doing this anyway to support other compilers.)
 ## - The DEPENDENCIES_OUTPUT environment variable makes gcc act like
-##   -MM, not -M (despite what the docs say).
+##   -MM, not -M (despite what the docs say).  Also, it might not be
+##   supported by the other compilers which use the 'gcc' depmode.
 ## - Using -M directly means running the compiler twice (even worse
 ##   than renaming).
   if test -z "$gccflag"; then


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