[perl #134189] configure: ubuntu without gcc

On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:26:48 -0700, hv wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:02:29 -0700, tonyc wrote:
> > > The first stanza looks good to me, but for the second stanza I'm
> > > not
> > > sure it's safe to invoke some arbitrary program called clang in
> > > your
> > > path if you haven't requested it.
> >
> > We do it for gcc.
> 
> I'd class clang as a relative newcomer, it feels much more likely that
> someone would have a program of that name in their path that has never
> heard of clang-the-compiler.
> 
> Maybe I'm being overcautious, but it makes me nervous.

Here's a maybe more cautious version.

Tony

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• [perl #134189] configure: ubuntu without gcc by Hugo van der Sanden via RT
• [perl #134189] configure: ubuntu without gcc by Tony Cook via RT