Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH trace-cmd 3/3] Revert "trace-cmd: Use conditional assignment of CC and AR" | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:11:10 -0500 |
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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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