Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Set CC/AR variable only if it doesn't have a value

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On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 08:20:01AM -0800, Khem Raj wrote:
> 
> > On Jan 4, 2016, at 5:39 AM, Jeff Epler <jepler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > I believe the patch does not have the desired effect, because make(1)
> > always sets CC automatically:
> > 
> > $ cat raj.mk
> > CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-linux-gnu-
> > CC?=$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
> > .PHONY: default
> > default:
> > 	@echo CC=$(CC)
> > $ make -f raj.mk
> > CC=cc
> > 
> > With your patch, those who specify CROSS_COMPILE, or for whom gcc and cc
> > are different, will get different (worse) behavior.
> 
> Right. I think if CC was used as such with out constructing out of CROSS_COMPILE
> in Makefile then my issue would be fixed too. However this would mean that cross compiling users
> now have to pass CC = <cross-compiler> themselves instead of CROSS_COMPILE prefix. Is that
> acceptable ?

You could play with something like:

ifeq($(origin CC),default)
CC=$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
endif

but not sure I'd like the result. If you asked me, I'd drop all that
CROSS_COMPILE stuff.

Best regards
Uwe

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