Re: How to get autoconf to respect CC="gcc -std=c89"?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2023, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> This is currently not possible, but you are not the only person who has
> asked for it to be made possible, and it's on our near-future list.
> However, none of the core Autoconf developers currently have time to work
> on it.  Might you be willing to put some time into it?  I think something
> like this in configure.ac
>
> AC_C_STANDARD_VERSION([c89])
> AC_PROG_CC

I have also wanted (and tried to) test code for c89 and c99 compliance 
(to test for an element of portabilty) , but was similarly foiled.

The suggested approach does not allow the user to optionally compile 
the code for a particular C version without editing configure.ac.  The 
developer may prefer to use the Autoconf default.

Bob
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