#2966: build system does not respect --with-gcc=
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Reporter: duncan | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Build System
Version: 6.11 | Severity: normal
Keywords: | Testcase:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
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The ./configure scripts for all the core libs do not respect the `--with-
gcc=` flag. The current build system passes this flag but it gets ignored.
This means that overall the ghc build does not respect the `--with-gcc=`
flag. This is kind of annoying for doing a build on Solaris, since we have
to use a gcc other than the standard system one.
When using a 'fake' gcc on the `$PATH` (a shell script that always fails),
we get:
{{{
ghc/libraries/unix $ ./configure --with-gcc=/opt/gcc-vanilla/4.1.2/bin/gcc
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-gcc
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: in `/home/duncan/prgs/ghc/libraries/unix':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
}}}
The same problem occurs with: base, directory, process, old-time and
editline. These are all of the core packages that use `./configure`
scripts.
On the other hand they all seem to check the `CC` environment variable.
Perhaps the ghc build system should pass `--with-gcc=` to the Cabal Setup,
and perhaps that should call configure with `CC` set.
The problem applies to ghc-6.8.3 and ghc-HEAD (so probably also 6.10.x).
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2966>
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