Re: OpenWatcom support

[John Poltorak]

On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:58:47PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: John Poltorak <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 22:15:35 +0100
> > 
> > Is the GNU build system designed specifically for gcc
> 
> No.
> 
> > or will it support other compilers
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > such as the newly released Open Watcom ?
> 
> Yes, if you are using Open Watcom on GNU/Linux or Unix or some other
> reasonably-close-to-POSIX platform.

By POSIX compatible do include command line switches.

Watcom C requires an equals sign, ie. -fo=foo.o, -fo foo.o won't work.
Also, command line arguments are case-insensitive so there is no way to 
distinguish between -o and -O.

Would it be possible to get round these restrictions with a CONFIG.SITE 
file or would a compiler specific M4 file be required?

Is Autoconf designed for including compiler specific options? ie does 
anyone use it with anything other than gcc?



-- 
John