Re: How to get autoconf to respect CC="gcc -std=c89"?
Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2023, Zack Weinberg wrote: > > This is currently not possible, but you are not the only person who has > asked for it to be made possible, and it's on our near-future list. > However, none of the core Autoconf developers currently have time to work > on it. Might you be willing to put some time into it? I think something > like this in configure.ac > > AC_C_STANDARD_VERSION([c89]) > AC_PROG_CC I have also wanted (and tried to) test code for c89 and c99 compliance (to test for an element of portabilty) , but was similarly foiled. The suggested approach does not allow the user to optionally compile the code for a particular C version without editing configure.ac. The developer may prefer to use the Autoconf default. Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn [email protected], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ Public Key, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/public-key.txt