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

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Tuesday 08 February 2011, Brad King wrote:
> 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.

Yes, I'm doing exactly that.

> > 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".
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 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.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 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".

Thanks :-)
Alex