[RFC] Reliable compiler specification setting (at least include/lib dirs) through the process environment

2016-10-16 Thread Shea Levy
er in contexts where they are inapplicable or overridden by other command line flags, but I'm definitely open to guidance on how this should best be achieved from your perspective. I'm happy to do the work needed to get this in place if there is interest, please let me know! Thanks, Shea Le

Re: [RFC] Reliable compiler specification setting (at least include/lib dirs) through the process environment

2016-10-18 Thread Shea Levy
Hey Ludo’, Amazing, more than a decade of close working with these tools and I never knew about C_INCLUDE_PATH et al! It looks like those will solve a huge portion of the problem. Will look at your gcc and clang patches as well, thank you! ~Shea Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi Shea, >

Re: [RFC] Reliable compiler specification setting (at least include/lib dirs) through the process environment

2016-10-18 Thread Shea Levy
Hi Ludo’, Your patches look good! My biggest concern is how the ld wrapper behaves in the presence of response files. Have you tested that? Thanks, Shea Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi Shea, > > Shea Levy skribis: > >> Unlike the traditional approach of installing system