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Re: Dealing with compilers that pretend to be GCC
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Dealing with compilers that pretend to be GCC |
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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:51:34 +0100 |
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Hi Paul,
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> skribis:
> A 'configure' script is supposed to check for behavior, not identity.
> If the compiler supports the features needed, then generally speaking
> a 'configure' script shouldn't care whether the compiler is truly GCC.
Right. But how would you write feature tests that would check (1)
whether the GNU C language is supported, and (2) whether GCC plug-ins
are supported?
That’s the problem I’m trying to solve.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
Re: Dealing with compilers that pretend to be GCC, Joseph S. Myers, 2012/01/24