On May 1, 2013, at 12:48 AM, Igor Galić <i.ga...@brainsware.org> wrote:
> > Following this basic idea here > > > http://nadeausoftware.com/articles/2012/10/c_c_tip_how_detect_compiler_name_and_version_using_compiler_predefined_macros > > I'd like to add a build/base_compiler.m4 - that runs this program: > > # include <stdio.h> > int main (void) { > printf ( > #if defined(__clang__) > "clang" > #elif defined (__GNUC__) || defined (__GNUG__) > "gcc" > #elif defined (__SUNPRO_C) || defined (__SUNPRO_CC) > "sunproc" > #elif defined (__ICC) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) > "icc" > #endif > ); > return 0; > } > > To normalize our base_cc which we then can use as before: > > igalic@tynix /tmp % gcc comp.cc > igalic@tynix /tmp % ./a.out > gcc% > igalic@tynix /tmp % clang comp.cc > igalic@tynix /tmp % ./a.out > clang% > igalic@tynix /tmp % > > > Objections? This is a great idea. You should be able to implement it with only compilation; running a program makes life harder for cross compiling ... > > ----- Original Message ----- >> On Apr 29, 2013, at 11:22 PM, Igor Galić <i.ga...@brainsware.org> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> Updated Branches: >>>> refs/heads/master 54b532b64 -> d8c526233 >>>> >>>> >>>> TS-1864 Rearrange some of the autoconf code, order matters >>> [snip] >>>> Branch: refs/heads/master >>>> Commit: d8c5262331e0654097640982100f43731e7e8f6d >>>> Parents: 54b532b >>>> Author: Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> >>>> Authored: Mon Apr 29 17:00:51 2013 -0600 >>>> Committer: Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> >>>> Committed: Mon Apr 29 22:07:27 2013 -0600 >>> >>>> --- a/configure.ac >>>> +++ b/configure.ac >>>> @@ -674,10 +720,10 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_HAVE_LIBCXX], [ false >>>> ]) >>>> >>>> base_cc=`basename $CC` >>>> # These are shortcuts used in combination for the compiler options >>>> below >>> >>> >>> I hope we can all agree that using the compilers name on the >>> filesystem is a BAD way determine which compiler we're dealing >>> with. >> >> Yep. Amongst other things, this behaves really badly with clang's >> scan-build. We have https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-1838 >> open to address this. >> >> J > > -- > Igor Galić > > Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 > Mail: i.ga...@brainsware.org > URL: http://brainsware.org/ > GPG: 6880 4155 74BD FD7C B515 2EA5 4B1D 9E08 A097 C9AE
