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

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Message-ID: <4D790F4B.2030908@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:50:03 -0800
From:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
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 03/10/2011 05:11 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 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.

I think we're down to a subjective argument over "correctness". Any of 
the resent proposals will work for me.


-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel
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