Re: Compiler flags in CC test broken

[Stian Skjelstad]

> The logic in aclocal (CF_CC_ENV_FLAGS) to detect compiler flags in CC and
> move them to CFLAGS is broken: the sed uses a greedy .* so will only move
> the last option, and any other options are deleted.
>
> My workaround here is this:
>
> - cf_flags=`echo "$CC" | sed -e 's/^.*[ ]\(-[^ ]\)/\1/'`
> + cf_flags=`echo "$CC" | cut -f2- -d' '`

hmm - thanks - I'll have to rethink this (and use a better test-case :-)

Is grep -o standard across unixes? If so

cf_flags=`echo "$CC" |grep -o ' -.*'`

seems to do the trick, allowing $CC to include multiple start arguments before the - options appears

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Stian Skjelstad