[PATCH v3 05/18] convert the C front end to automatic dependencies

[Mike Stump]

On Sep 18, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
> It occurred to me this morning that AC_PROG_CC_C_O only checks the C
> compiler, but we're generally using the C++ compiler for gcc now.  So I
> think this was already all obsolete.

The reality is that checking the C compiler is likely enough on all the systems we care about; though, it is non-optimal…