[perl #42107] [PATCH] Intel C++ is not gcc

[Steve Peters]

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Intel C++ identifies itself as gcc. Often this can lead to unusual failures
throughout a compile. The patch below helps to identify gcc compilers
correctly.

Steve Peters
st...@fisharerojo.org

Index: config/auto/gcc.pm
===================================================================
--- config/auto/gcc.pm (revision 17781)
+++ config/auto/gcc.pm (working copy)
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@

my $major = $gnuc{__GNUC__};
my $minor = $gnuc{__GNUC_MINOR__};
- unless ( defined $major ) {
+ my $intel = $gnuc{__INTEL_COMPILER};
+
+ if (defined $intel || ! defined $major) {
print " (no) " if $verbose;
$self->set_result('no');
$conf->data->set( gccversion => undef );

[Chromatic]

On Monday 26 March 2007 19:30, Steve Peters wrote:

> Intel C++ identifies itself as gcc. Often this can lead to unusual
> failures throughout a compile. The patch below helps to identify gcc
> compilers correctly.

Thanks, applied as r17789.

-- c