Distros like debian install the generic "cc" name for both gcc and clang, and the plumbing already does CC_VERSION_TEXT to include Makefile.clang. Previously: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2202.0/01505.html Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 3f6628780eb2..0ac57ae3b45f 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ endif HOSTCC = $(LLVM_PREFIX)clang$(LLVM_SUFFIX) HOSTCXX = $(LLVM_PREFIX)clang++$(LLVM_SUFFIX) else -HOSTCC = gcc +HOSTCC := $(shell cc --version >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo cc || echo gcc) HOSTCXX = g++ endif HOSTRUSTC = rustc @@ -503,7 +503,8 @@ OBJDUMP = $(LLVM_PREFIX)llvm-objdump$(LLVM_SUFFIX) READELF = $(LLVM_PREFIX)llvm-readelf$(LLVM_SUFFIX) STRIP = $(LLVM_PREFIX)llvm-strip$(LLVM_SUFFIX) else -CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc +CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)$(shell $(CROSS_COMPILE)cc --version \ + >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo cc || echo gcc) LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar NM = $(CROSS_COMPILE)nm
