New build system problems

[Erik Joelsson]

On 2013-01-26 00:51, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> I was trying out the shiny new build system.
>
> Problem: configure is not executable - must run bash ./configure
> It's traditional for configure scripts to be executable.
>
I would like configure to be executable too, but openjdk has a tradition 
of not allowing executable files in the source repos.
> Problem: Your life is hell if you have a non-compiler "cl" command on your
> PATH, even on Linux.
>
> checking for cl... /usr/bin/cl
> configure: Resolving CC (as /usr/bin/cl) failed, using /usr/bin/cl directly.
>
> with subsequent failure to compile.
This is bad and should definitely be fixed. Filed issue 8006988.
> Even if you specify the compiler explicitly, it doesn't help:
>
> CC=/usr/bin/gcc CXX=/usr/bin/g++ bash ./configure
>
> Of course, one can work around this by creating a "tools dir", but excising
> the unloved cl from the configure script is tempting and effective.
This should probably also be looked at, but it's a separate issue. Filed 
issue 8006989.

/Erik