Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > > I want, in a libtoolized project,
> > >  ../configure CC='pgcc-78.9 -foo-option'
> > > to succeed in choosing Portland compiler options.  No multiple compilers
> > > involved here.
> >
> > Libtool also lives as a stand-alone utility, which may be installed!
>
> I am going to stand up again (because I like being shot down) and ask if the 
> "stand alone utility" bit is really necessary. I think I asked this before 
> and was told to shut up :)

I doubt that anyone here told you to "shut up".  We are more 
imaginative than that.

Libtool has been a "stand alone utility" since day one.  That was its 
original focus.  We don't control who uses it and can have no way of 
knowing who is using libtool stand-alone.

Libtool is a better linker than 'gcc' or 'ld' since it understands 
libtool dependency information.  As a result, it may be used by simple 
programs/packages which don't even include so much as a configure 
script or for "proprietary" in-house uses where there is no need to 
"configure" the software.

> Libtool does not handle changes to compiler switches very well, -m to gcc 
> will confuse it, it certainly can not handle multiple compilers, why not just 
> stop pretending that it is useful as a stand alone utility?

It is useful as a stand alone utility, but certainly the user must 
take care to use only the tools it was configured with.

Bob
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