Tweak configure to attempt to add -qnoansialias to CFLAGS whenever running

on AIX with a non-gcc compiler.  The previous coding would do this only if
CC was exactly "xlc"; which is a bad idea, as demonstrated by trouble report
from Mihai Criveti.

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5924db003b9..507b6796601 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3833,7 +3833,7 @@ unset CFLAGS
 # else:  If the template file set something, that is used.
 # else:  If coverage was enabled, don't set anything.
 # else:  If the compiler is GCC, then we use -O2.
-# else:  If the compiler is something else, then we use -O.
+# else:  If the compiler is something else, then we use -O, unless debugging.
 
 if test "$ac_env_CFLAGS_set" = set; then
   CFLAGS=$ac_env_CFLAGS_value
@@ -3852,7 +3852,8 @@ fi
 
 # Some versions of GCC support some additional useful warning flags.
 # Check whether they are supported, and add them to CFLAGS if so.
-# ICC pretends to be GCC but it's lying; it doesn't support these options.
+# ICC pretends to be GCC but it's lying; it doesn't support these flags,
+# but has its own.  Also check other compiler-specific flags here.
 
 if test "$GCC" = yes -a "$ICC" = no; then
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith"
@@ -4157,8 +4158,8 @@ fi
 
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 
-elif test x"${CC}" = x"xlc"; then
-  # AIX xlc has to have strict aliasing turned off too
+elif test "$PORTNAME" = "aix"; then
+  # AIX's xlc has to have strict aliasing turned off too
   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if $CC supports -qnoansialias" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking if $CC supports -qnoansialias... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
 pgac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c11591e5ab9..eedd745b166 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.589 2009/01/22 22:27:12 petere Exp $
+dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.590 2009/02/11 20:02:39 tgl Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ unset CFLAGS
 # else:  If the template file set something, that is used.
 # else:  If coverage was enabled, don't set anything.
 # else:  If the compiler is GCC, then we use -O2.
-# else:  If the compiler is something else, then we use -O.
+# else:  If the compiler is something else, then we use -O, unless debugging.
 
 if test "$ac_env_CFLAGS_set" = set; then
   CFLAGS=$ac_env_CFLAGS_value
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ fi
 
 # Some versions of GCC support some additional useful warning flags.
 # Check whether they are supported, and add them to CFLAGS if so.
-# ICC pretends to be GCC but it's lying; it doesn't support these options.
+# ICC pretends to be GCC but it's lying; it doesn't support these flags,
+# but has its own.  Also check other compiler-specific flags here.
 
 if test "$GCC" = yes -a "$ICC" = no; then
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith"
@@ -438,8 +439,8 @@ elif test "$ICC" = yes; then
   PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-mp1])
   # Make sure strict aliasing is off (though this is said to be the default)
   PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-fno-strict-aliasing])
-elif test x"${CC}" = x"xlc"; then
-  # AIX xlc has to have strict aliasing turned off too
+elif test "$PORTNAME" = "aix"; then
+  # AIX's xlc has to have strict aliasing turned off too
   PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-qnoansialias])
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/template/aix b/src/template/aix
index 94ad2f61758..04c97e7bd14 100644
--- a/src/template/aix
+++ b/src/template/aix
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Set appropriate default compiler options if using xlc
+# Note: configure will add -qnoansialias if the compiler accepts it,
+# even if user specifies a non-default CFLAGS setting.
 if test "$GCC" != yes ; then
   case $host_os in
     aix3.2.5 | aix4.1*)