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Re: Getting a list of available C compilers
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Patrick M. Rutkowski |
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Re: Getting a list of available C compilers |
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:20:13 -0400 |
Yea, though I'm unaware of how that could be done, I'd be very curious
to hear about why one would want it done to begin with.
-Patrick
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Harlan,
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> * Harlan Stenn wrote on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:39:24AM CET:
>> Does anybody have (a pointer to) a small utility that will return a list
>> of available C compilers on a system?
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> I guess you can peek at AC_PROG_CC for a list, that is of course far
> from complete.
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>> Extra points if it can ferret out multiple instances/versions of gcc...
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> Question is why would you need it and what would you do with it?
> What does it help you to know about a bunch of $host-gcc-X.Y if
> you are not going to compile for $host?
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> But yes, you should be able to walk the PATH and use some glob on each
> directory to find such candidates.
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> HTH. Cheers,
> Ralf
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