[cmake-developers] Help needed: output of HP, IBM and Sun compilers

[Brad King]

On 02/05/2011 01:19 PM, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working currently on improved assembler support, should be ready for 2.8.5
> (http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=8392).
>
> This means I need to determine a "compiler ID" for the ASM compiler.
> Since on each architecture the asm sources are different, I can't just use a
> common file and try to build it everywhere, as it is done for C, C++ and
> Fortran.
>
> Instead I want to use the quering via the command line, and then parse the
> output with some regexes.

Look for the "VENDOR" table in the other language files.  It does exactly this.
Please use the same names/layout for the ASM version.

> This works already with gcc and icc.
>
> But I don't have access to the HP C/C++ compiler, IBM VisualAge compiler and
> SunStudio compilers.
>
> What I need for each of them is
> * the command line argument so they print their name or version number
> * their output in response to that.
>
> If you have access to these compilers, it would be nice if you could do that
> for me.


The IBM VisualAge compiler was rebranded to "XL":

$ xlc -qversion
IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V11.1 (5724-X13)
Version: 11.01.0000.0001
$ xlC -qversion
IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V11.1 (5724-X13)
Version: 11.01.0000.0001

IBM Summary: Use -qversion, look for "XL C".

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Sun:

$ cc -V
cc: Sun C 5.6 2004/07/15
usage: cc [ options] files.  Use 'cc -flags' for details
$ CC -V
CC: Sun C++ 5.6 2004/07/15

$ cc -V
cc: Sun C 5.9 Linux_i386 Build40_1 2007/02/09
usage: cc [ options] files.  Use 'cc -flags' for details
$ CC -V
sunCC: Sun C++ 5.9 Linux_i386 Build40_1 2007/02/09

Sun Summary: Use -V, look for "Sun C".

I don't know whether this has changed since Oracle's purchase.

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HP:

$ cc -V
cc: HP C/aC++ B3910B A.06.20 [May 13 2008]
$ aCC -V
aCC: HP C/aC++ B3910B A.06.20 [May 13 2008]

HP Summary: Use -V, look for "HP C".

-Brad