On 01/11/2013 06:56 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 01/11/2013 09:30 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> Subject: [PATCH] compile: avoid AC_PROG_CC messy rewrite >> >> Instead, only touch up AC_PROG_CC to distribute the 'compile' script and >> to rewrite $CC if a losing compiler is detected. We can do so because >> Autoconf 2.70 (which we now requires) has been so kind to implement the > > s/requires/require/ > Well spotted; will fix locally.
>> features we need (through a private hook made explicitly available to us), >> in commit v2.69-63-gce48964 of 2013-01-11, "AC_PROG_CC: also check whether >> $CC supports "-c -o" together": >> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2013-01/msg00007.html> > > Looks reasonable. I still need to spend another weekend on progressing > towards a release of 2.70. > Thanks, that is truly appreciated. Best regards, Stefano