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Re: config.guess @ Linux
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>
> On Apr 7, 2000, Thomas Kunert <kunert@physik.tu-dresden.de> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, that was the right hint. Perhaps this should be part of the
> > installation instructions of gcc ?
>
> I think config.guess should not just assume `cc' exists. It should
> probably try `gcc' if `cc' doesn't work. Please send this suggestion
> to config-patches@gnu.org. Or, even better, patch config.guess and
> send the patch there :-)
>
IMHO, unix-like OS differ in several aspects, but should agree in the
name of the C-compiler, that is $CC or cc. Of course, it would not hurt
if config.guess looked for gcc, but I'll leave it to the autoconf people
because Linux systems should actually be recognised without any compiler
at all but using the output of "ld --help".
Regards,
Thomas