On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Lei Zhang <zhanglei.ap...@gmail.com> wrote: > "cc" is the standard C compiler name defined in POSIX, so ideally any > gcc-agnostic programs should use "cc" instead of "gcc". Practically, > build tools like GNU Make and CMake would be affected as they use "cc" > implicitly.
It is not just programs which rely on GNU extensions, but poorly created scripts that rely on a compiler directly or otherwise break portability.
