Ability to override compiler from environment

[Dmitri Trembovetski]

Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen wrote:
> Martin Buchholz skrev  den 24-06-2008 19:57:
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>> I am in favor of the fundamental change to a "configure + make" model,
>> instead of configury stuff being done in the Makefiles as is the
>> current practice.
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> I agree, but I have understood that this work has been done in IcedTea 
> already.  Is there any estimate when these two codebases may converge?

   Does IcedTea configure+make model work on platforms other than
   linux? OpenJDK has to be built at least on Solaris and Windows.

   It's my understanding that Windows is the greatest pain in
   terms of build environment.

   Thanks,
     Dmitri