On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:38:39 +0000 Ben Huntsman <b...@huntsmans.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone- > I had a thought that it would be interesting to see if the AIX > build could be set up to work with either GCC or XLC, whereas > currently it's pretty hard-coded around XLC. Furthermore, builds > with GCC don't work as extra things have to be done when building the > kernel extension. > > However, not being intimately familiar with the build system, > would anyone have a suggestion as to where to start? I'm looking at > src/cf/sysname.m4 and see that based on the sysname value selected > there, certain compiler selections and options get defined in > src/cf/osconf.m4. However, we probably don't want to define sysnames > like rs_aix72_gcc and rs_aix72_xlc. Would it be best to add more > complex logic to osconf.m4 to detect xlc or gcc and set the variables > there accordingly, or would there be a more appropriate place? > > Thank you! > > -Ben > The selection of the compiler can be controlled via "CC=" on a command line when running configure. From there, within the autoconf scripts you would need to check for the specific compiler being used and set the flags as needed (take a look at linux and the use of gcc vs clang as a possible model). -- Cheyenne Wills cwi...@sinenomine.net _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list OpenAFS-devel@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
