From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Change the default compiler from "gcc" to "cc" Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:01:10 -0800 Message-ID: <7vr4zyiyih.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1324424447-7164-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Dec 21 01:01:22 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rd9cV-0001MJ-Jp for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:01:19 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753313Ab1LUABP convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:01:15 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:46178 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752597Ab1LUABN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:01:13 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08256215; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:01:12 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=H48q2LLVDndx 32NWy3hFNe+T7Qk=; b=DClLl5W2EUbrwLpk01IIFxSSA0t/WPFud0Ydm/tcyieu ogaVxO6aozS3d29x9ZG4icnjsKb8dkaPGWO63vPVtByCvrRf+auRPPflszeM86QA v44qaFil6gtadQ7cb6eojZrJDxmu5ue/3iKXEvSnabPug/d6x2iKBjOtiktRZuw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=bpRXtL RX0XYTtvXAILS9TeF0uf9VMYfiWZnCdTQ8hmXbo/j5mKgQ7Zx3Tti19O+RJAEVcF 3xRXZBm5z1aBiD7DurtMYwx3RPVQbNYuUzWek2bCnSSFUgOrjlY05ZzHoy5Zdmlp OBksGgQFoWMCIrN/nC+HExfEVqmD7dYbPJ5QI= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989316214; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:01:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2D4166213; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:01:12 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1324424447-7164-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsOGdmFyCUFybmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:40:47 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: E4BB50F4-2B66-11E1-8882-9DB42E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: > However unlike Linux Git is written in ANSI C and supports a multitud= e > of compilers, including Clang, Sun Studio, xlc etc. On my Linux box > "cc" is a symlink to clang, and on a Solaris box I have access to "cc= " > is Sun Studio's CC. > > Both of these are perfectly capable of compiling Git, and it's > annoying to have to specify CC=3Dcc on the command-line when compilin= g > Git when that's the default behavior of most other portable programs. Would this affect folks in BSD land negatively?