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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2012-10-27 11:12:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2012-10-27 11:12:59 +0200 |
| commit | 078ff407c4b50309c65c7c8eb61d6b08f4d2577e (patch) | |
| tree | 8dfad1e3ccb220f54b3b70d5db43865906149ecd /gen-testsuite-part | |
| parent | 24bf687ed03f1259dea1f0b6588c9e5c1e57366c (diff) | |
| download | automake-078ff407c4b50309c65c7c8eb61d6b08f4d2577e.tar.gz | |
depcomp: improve comments about the 'gcc' depmode
It is not only needed by obsolescent gcc compilers (pre-3.x),
but also by modern compiler like IBM C/C++. State that ...
* lib/depcomp: ... here...
* gen-testsuite-part: ... and here, where we generate the
'depcomp*.tap' tests.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'gen-testsuite-part')
| -rwxr-xr-x | gen-testsuite-part | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gen-testsuite-part b/gen-testsuite-part index 6ed193186..96f43ccae 100755 --- a/gen-testsuite-part +++ b/gen-testsuite-part @@ -340,8 +340,11 @@ my %depmodes = makedepend => ["cc", "makedepend"], dashmstdout => ["gcc"], cpp => ["gcc"], -# This is for older (pre-3.x) GCC versions. Newer versions -# have depmode "gcc3". +# This was for older (pre-3.x) GCC versions (newer versions +# have depmode "gcc3"). But other compilers use this depmode +# as well (for example, the IMB xlc/xlC compilers, and the HP +# C compiler, see 'lib/depcomp' for more info), so it's not +# obsolete, and it's worth giving it some coverage. gcc => ["gcc"], # This is for older (pre-7) msvc versions. Newer versions # have depmodes "msvc7" and "msvc7msys". |