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Re: Isn't cc the default compiler?



On Thu, Jun 25, 1998 at 10:24:02AM +0200, Brederlow wrote:

> I compiled a lot of packages on my system and often I see that
> programms don't use cc as their compiler. Thus they don't use
> /etc/alternatives/cc.
> 
> Unless somebody tells me a good reason for not using cc I will open
> bugs against any Packages that just uses gcc for fun. I know that some 
> Packages need gcc explicitly, but that should be a realy small number.

Huge numbers of packages pass gcc-specific CFLAGS and LDFLAGS.  These are
important, because running 'cc' without these flags can often generate pure
garbage for code.  (WvDial and g++, for example -- I looked at the assembly
output, and was not impressed!)

If you want to use 'cc', just force CC=cc on the command line.  If that
doesn't work, that's a bug.

Avery


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