Re: AC_PROG_CC wrongly setting $GCC=yes while clang is used

[Paul Eggert]

On 09/08/2014 11:36 AM, Bastien Chevreux wrote:
> Which brings me to what sparked my initial mail to the list: is there somewhere 
> in the autoconf system a macro which gives back the compiler family of the used 
> compiler so that one can take some action?

That would not be The Autoconf Way. :-)

The Autoconf approach is to test for features, not to test for compiler 
version and then infer features from the version.  If you need webbed 
feet, then test for webbed feet; don't ask "Are you a duck?".