>: would it be insane for me to imagine that it might be nice to set the
>: value of the compiler proper independantly of the linker compiler?
>
>Well, that would also require changes to the .mk files, as they use
>${LINK.c} (the POSIX-defined "link command for .c original sources") to
>link.

so LINK.c is the default "make binary from object files" command?
hmm...

>We'd need a new BSD-source-specific variable and the .mk changes to use it.

how about if LINK.c used ${LDCC} instead of ${CC} and then LDCC?=${CC}
towards the top of bsd.prog.mk?

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