Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Support using a different compiler for Objective-C files

[Andreas Färber]

Am 15.08.2012 16:55, schrieb Peter Maydell:
> On 15 August 2012 15:47, Andreas Färber <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Am 11.08.2012 23:34, schrieb Peter Maydell:
>>> +# Default objcc to clang if available, otherwise use CC
>>> +if has clang; then
>>> +  objcc=clang
>>
>> On IRC I had commented that I find defaulting to clang whenever clang is
>> available too aggressive (it may be some /usr/local/bin version that
>> doesn't even have the right host architecture support compiled in).
>> I won't object to this patch but would appreciate a follow-up limiting
>> this to v10.8+ where it's actually needed and keep using gcc elsewhere.
> 
> Mmm. It might be better to explicitly test for a compiler
> with Blocks support (although even then you might end up
> with clang on pre-10.8; I don't really want to check for "does
> header Foo need blocks support" because that seems a bit fragile.)

A simple does-clang-compile-a-hello-word-for-host check, falling back to
gcc, should catch the worst regressions as well.

Andreas

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