On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:34:25PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > > Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 13:49:39 +0100 > > From: John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > By POSIX compatible do include command line switches. > > Yes, Autoconf assumes command-line switches that conform to POSIX. > cc is a special case, though, since POSIX doesn't specify its syntax. > However, POSIX does specify the syntax of the 'c99' (or 'c89' for > older POSIX versions) command, and this should work with Autoconf.
Do you have a link for these POSIX 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. > > I understand that Watcom C provides a wrapper that emulates "cc". > I'd use that wrapper, and avoid using the wcc386 command directly. I guess this wrapper is referred to as a CC driver in Watcom parlance... > > Is Autoconf designed for including compiler specific options? ie does > > anyone use it with anything other than gcc? > > Yes, people use it with non-gcc compilers all the time. It works fine. Are you aware anyone using Watcom C yet? -- John