Rework CC/CC_STAGE0 handling in `configure.ac`

Rather than using the non-standard/idiomatic `--with-{gcc,clang}=...`
scheme use the `CC=...` style scheme.

The basic idea is to have Autoconf's CC/CFLAG/CPPFLAG apply to
stage{1,2,3}, while having a separate _STAGE0 set of env-vars
denote the bootstrap-toolchain flags/programs.

This should be simpler, less confusing, and somewhat more in line with
Autoconf's idioms (allowing us to reuse more of Autoconf rather than
(re)inventing our own confusing non-standard m4 macros to do stuff that
Autoconf could almost do already for us)

Morever, expose CC_STAGE0 as a so-called "precious" variable.

So now we can better control which bootstrapping gcc is used
(by default the one used by the stage0 ghc, unless CC_STAGE0 is
overriden)

```
Some influential environment variables:
  CC_STAGE0   C compiler command (bootstrap)
  CC          C compiler command
  CFLAGS      C compiler flags
  ...

Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to
help it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
```

Test Plan: I've tested that cross-compiling with
`--target=powerpc-linux-gnu` still works, and tried a few variants of
settting `CC=` and `CC_STAGE0=`; `./validate` passed as well

Reviewers: erikd, austin, bgamari, simonmar

Reviewed By: simonmar

Subscribers: Phyx, thomie

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2078

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/distrib/configure.ac.in b/distrib/configure.ac.in
index c0610c632e..fdd9fd92d6 100644
--- a/distrib/configure.ac.in
+++ b/distrib/configure.ac.in
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ XCODE_VERSION()
 
 dnl ** Which gcc to use?
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
-FIND_GCC([WhatGccIsCalled], [gcc], [gcc])
-CC="$WhatGccIsCalled"
-export CC
+AC_PROG_CC([gcc clang])
 
 # --with-hs-cpp/--with-hs-cpp-flags
 FP_CPP_CMD_WITH_ARGS(HaskellCPPCmd, HaskellCPPArgs)