Re: How to get autoconf to respect CC="gcc -std=c89"?

Evgeny Grin <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:34:30 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 11.10.2023 16:29, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> The problem is that Autoconf is defeating the recipient's freedom to 
> select the compilation settings used.
> 
> The person who is compiling the software should be able to specify the 
> parameters to use used.

It works, actually.
./configure CC=gcc CFLAGS=-std=c89

C99 check would fail, compiler would be accepted as C89-compatible.

-- 
Evgeny
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