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Jeremy Drake wrote: > If configure sees that the compiler specified by $CC looks like gcc > (defines __GNUC__), then it puts some extra command line options into the > CFLAGS (mostly -W*). The intel C compiler for linux emulates gcc by > default, which means it defines that and looks very much like gcc to > configure. However, it does not get along with the added -W flags very > well. They don't seem to kill it, but some of them give warnings about > unsupported command line options and others produce insane amounts of > output from the compiler. > > This patch makes configure check for the __INTEL_COMPILER define (which is > the recommended way to detect the intel compiler) before adding the extra > CFLAGS if it thinks the compiler is GCC. I am not an autoconf hacker, so > I may have done it wrong or something, but it appears to work for me (ICC > 9.0.032 on gentoo i686 with latest packages). > > The patch is against the HEAD but I think it should be similar for other > branches (I have been compiling 8.0 and 8.1 for some time with the intel > compiler by manually massaging the makefiles after configure ran). > > > -- > We the unwilling, led by the ungrateful, are doing the impossible. > We've done so much, for so long, with so little, > that we are now qualified to do something with nothing. Content-Description: [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
