Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:11:33 -0800 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CC, CPP etc vs CONFIGURE_ENV Message-ID: <88C65D6E-B4B1-4524-A588-276AADAE2342@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <527A51DF.9090507@FreeBSD.org> References: <527A51DF.9090507@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi--
On Nov 6, 2013, at 6:27 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> I wonder why do-configure target explicitly sets things like =
CC=3D"${CC}"
> CPP=3D"${CPP}" etc in configure script environment as opposed to them =
just being
> placed into CONFIGURE_ENV.
> What is the technical reason?
Setting $CC and such worked with older ./configure which didn't =
implement $CONFIGURE_ENV.
It also plays more nicely with things which roll their own ./configure =
as a shim
that isn't actually GNU autoconf.
Regards,
--=20
-Chuck
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