Subject: bug#13378: [PATCH] compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers

From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:43:36 +0100

On 01/11/2013 06:56 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 01/11/2013 09:30 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> 
>> Subject: [PATCH] compile: avoid AC_PROG_CC messy rewrite
>>
>> Instead, only touch up AC_PROG_CC to distribute the 'compile' script and
>> to rewrite $CC if a losing compiler is detected.  We can do so because
>> Autoconf 2.70 (which we now requires) has been so kind to implement the
> 
> s/requires/require/
> 
Well spotted; will fix locally.

>> features we need (through a private hook made explicitly available to us),
>> in commit v2.69-63-gce48964 of 2013-01-11, "AC_PROG_CC: also check whether
>> $CC supports "-c -o" together":
>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2013-01/msg00007.html>
> 
> Looks reasonable.  I still need to spend another weekend on progressing
> towards a release of 2.70.
>
Thanks, that is truly appreciated.

Best regards,
  Stefano