On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:41 PM Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > Placing flags in CC breaks other scripts. For example, this no longer works:
> >
> > if [[ ! $(command -v "${CC}") ]]; then
> > echo "The compiler is not valid. Please install a compiler."
> > exit 1
> > fi
>
> Such scripts are not supported.
I actually do that in my configure.ac. Quality user feedback is more
important than working around Autotools bugs.
> Some flags, like '-m32' or '-m64', MUST be
> put in $CC. [1]
I place them where they belong - in CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS. The downside
is you have to pick the triplet on Solaris and a few other platforms.
Working around the Autotools bugs just means they will never get
fixed. They will keep telling the world to work around their bugs.
Jeff
