#8683: add "cpp program" and "cpp program options" to settings file ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: carter | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- so theres a pretty clear consensus that we need to move away from using our c compiler for CPP, so should we add that info to the settings file? I propose adding the following fields to the settings file: "use c compiler cpp", which can have either "YES" or "NO". If "YES", the settings file indicated C compiler is used unless the c compiler selection is overrided by ghc at runtime via -pgmc or -pgmp(p?) if "NO", then the "cpp program" and "cpp program options" fields would be used, unless overridden by -pgmp there'd be some associated patched in the compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs too i think, but relatively minimal. this would make it much easier to distributed a GHC with its own CPP tool that works -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8683 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler