>> ...
>> configure:10332: checking size of size_t
>> configure:10637: icc -o conftest -g -O2 conftest.c >&5
>> ld: library not found for -lgcc_s
Martin> I think you have the source of the problem right there: your icc
Martin> installation is broken. It is unable to build even trivial
Martin> programs.
Hmmm... All I did was download the installer from Intel's site and run it.
Martin> To confirm this theory, take the source of the program, and
Martin> invoke it with the very same command line. If it gives you the
Martin> same error, then this has nothing to do with autoconf, or
Martin> Python, or anything: that command line *must* work, or else the
Martin> compiler is useless.
Martin> Apparently, icc choses to invoke ld(1) with an option -lgcc_s, and
Martin> apparently, ld(1) can't find the library. Why icc choses to do so,
Martin> and why ld(1) can't find it, I don't know - this is a question to
Martin> ask on Macintosh or icc mailing lists.
I'll take a look at that. Thanks.
Martin> I don't think it is a bug. --without-gcc *overrides* the CC
Martin> environment variable, rather than ignoring it.
>>
>> I don't think that's right. There's no telling what the non-gcc
compiler is
>> called.
Martin> Correct. To specify a different compiler, set the CC environment
Martin> variable, and don't pass the --without-gcc flag.
Hmmm, OK... Why do we need two ways to spell "don't use gcc"?
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