How can I tell premake to generate a Makefile that uses clang?

Question

I would like to build my application using clang when generating a Makefile (gmake toolchain). Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

Here is what I use, it works for me:

--  ugly hack to use clang
premake.gcc.cc  = 'clang'
premake.gcc.cxx = 'clang++'

Nothing else seemed to work at all.

Answer 2

On premake5, use

#!/bin/bash
premake-5.0.0-alpha11-linux --file=PA7.lua --cc=clang --verbose gmake

--cc=clang is analogue of --platform option in premake4.

Answer 3

I ultimately ended up doing what @Burton Samograd did: assign the CC environment variable. However, buried deep in the premake4 message boards they do have a way to define a new platform.

When using premake4, just invoke:

premake4 --platform=clang gmake

The only problem I've found with this is it didn't work as I expected. I'm giving my vote to Burton, but the information is here if you want it.

Answer 4

It looks like you can just set the CC varaible:

CC ?= /usr/bin/clang

in your premake file. The ?= only sets it if you haven't set it in your environment.