"MvL" == Martin v Loewis
writes:
>> 2) Any time you overload a make variable that has existing >> semantics, you have to worry about losing the original value. >> Personally, I think it's easier to get CC overloading right >> than get OPT or CFLAGS overloading (and easier than getting >> them both right). But maybe that's just me. MvL> Ok. For Solaris and Linux, the instruction about setting CC MvL> is about right, so I'm no longer objecting to changing the MvL> documentation in that direction. It is just that if you MvL> specify --without-gcc, or are on SGI or BSD/OS, that your MvL> environment setting of CC will be ignored. Good point. This should definitely be mentioned in the docs. then-again-future-google-searches-are-sure-to-turn-up-this-entire-painful -thread-ly y'rs, -Barry