Re: Templates

Tom Lane writes:

> > So the compiler information must disappear from the template files.
>
> Not exactly. We do need to be able to decide whether we are using
> gcc or vendor cc in order to pick the right switches.

I'll rephrase that: The name of the compiler needs to disappear from the
template file. We'd still have a separate file for GCC vs vendor with the
different CFLAGS, etc., but we wouldn't force CC= something.

> One possible way of doing that is to merge the "cc" and "gcc"
> templates and have if-tests in the templates instead. For example the
> hpux template might look like

Or that, but I'm not sure if that enhances readibility.

> That last line brings up an issue that you'll have to deal with before
> you can convince me that vanilla autoconf is the only solution we need:
> how do you force the thing to use compatible C++ and C compilers?

We use the libtool multi-language branch. :-) Btw., libtool will need
config.guess either way. Not this release though...

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