linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH trace-cmd 3/3] Revert "trace-cmd: Use conditional assignment of CC and AR"

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Message-ID: <1299762670.15854.332.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:11:10 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	David Sharp <dhsharp@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mrubin@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH trace-cmd 3/3] Revert "trace-cmd: Use conditional
 assignment of CC and AR"

On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 22:43 -0800, Darren Hart wrote:

> > I don't know the answers, but if we take the kernel Makefile as a
> > template, then setting CC doesn't work.
> 
> The kernel is a bit special I believe as it is pretty tied to gcc. Is 
> trace-cmd tied to gcc to such a degree that we want to make it difficult 
> for people to try different compilers?

True, trace-cmd is tied more to glibc (special features) than gcc.

I just looked at the Makefile for evolution, and it has:

CC = gcc

So it is not limited to just the kernel.

-- Steve


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