[tlbuild] [tex-live] xdv2pdf not respecting CC=... CXX=...

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 01:36, Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> wrote:
> Hi Mojca,
>
>    If I try to change CC=... and CXX=... it works perfectly well for
>    all programs but for xdv2pdf which simply ignores the flag.
>
>    (I have tried to build with "./Build --disable-all-pkgs
>    --enable-xdv2pdf CC=llvm-gcc CXX=llvm-g++" this time.)
>
> 1. Please send build problems like this to tlbuild.  In particular,
> Peter B is on tlbuild (but not tex-live) and is often able to look at
> such things before me.
>
> 2. xdv2pdf is implemented in Objective C, rather than C or C++.
> I believe the analogous variable to change is OBJC.

I have never used the variable OBJC in my life and I didn't know about
its exisntance, but yes, it worked, thanks a lot.

(In my previous attempt I have used 'OBJCFLAGS', but no 'OBJC'.)

Mojca