[issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

Change by Benjamin Peterson : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

Irit Katriel added the comment: This seems complete, can it be closed? -- nosy: +iritkatriel ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: New changeset 98929b545e86e7c7296c912d8f34e8e8d3fd6439 by Benjamin Peterson (Eitan Adler) in branch 'master': bpo-33483: more correctly handle finding the C compiler (GH-6780)

[issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

Eitan Adler added the comment: On any system where "gcc" is not the correct compiler to use. If it does not exist, is too old, points to the incorrect compiler, etc. Concretely I have two such systems: - on one, "gcc" does not exist - on the other "gcc" is actually a

[issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: Do you have an example where your patch will work and not the current configure.ac. Thank you. -- nosy: +matrixise ___ Python tracker

[issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

Change by Eitan Adler : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +6466 stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

New submission from Eitan Adler : configure.ac requires explicit configuration for finding the preferred compiler. This results in a non-native way of configuring the system, and does not actually work on most platforms. Expected behavior: CC is used to discover the C