Hi! I'm trying to build GCC on an AIX ppc system (gcc111.fsffrance.org), where IBM's XL C compiler is installed, but not XL C++. So my configury uses CC=/usr/bin/xlC, and a default value (g++) for CXX.
Because $CC is used for dependency checking (gcc/configure.ac::977
or gcc/configure:8765), `depcomp' detects "aix" style dependency
generation, but that'll fail because g++ is actually used for
compilation. (This will result in all the .o files containing
dependency information.)
Since we're using $(CXX) instead of $(CC) these days, I suggest
using CXX instead of CC. A quick check (without regenerating all
configure and Makefile files just changing CC to CXX in gcc/configure)
makes it build properly. (If done properly, some variables will change
their name s/CC/CXX/, so that must be changed in some more files if
done properly.)
There are, however, some more directories (other than gcc/) that
might be equally affected: Searching for CCDEPMODE also reveals:
* boehm-gc
* libatomic
* libcpp
* libffi
* libgfortran
* libgo
* libgomp
* libitm
* libjava
* libmudflap
* libquadmath
* libsanitizer
* libssp
* libvtv
* lto-plugin
* zlib
I haven't checked these (if they're build with CC or CXX), but those
which use CXX (if there are any) should probably also be changed.
My basic question though is: Shall I cook up a patch to do the
proper transition from CC to CXX for dependency generation? Or better
keep it as is (which I consider broken, but probably few people will
ever experience that problem)?
MfG, JBG
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