[New-bugs-announce] [issue33483] build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it

[Eitan Adler]

New submission from Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com>:

configure.ac requires explicit configuration for finding the preferred compiler. This results in a non-native way of configuring the system, and does not actually work on most platforms.

Expected behavior:

CC is used to discover the C compiler; CPP, LD, CXX, etc. are used to discover their appropriate tools

Actual: 
--without-gcc or --with-icc must be explicitly passed

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components: Build
messages: 316468
nosy: eitan.adler
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: build system requires explicit compiler, but should discover it
type: compile error

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