Test for Clang by checking --version

ninja-build · Mar 9, 2015 · 160af7d · 160af7d
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commit 160af7d
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
@@ -317,8 +317,12 @@ def binary(name):
         cflags.remove('-fno-rtti')  # Needed for above pedanticness.
     else:
         cflags += ['-O2', '-DNDEBUG']
-    if 'clang' in os.path.basename(CXX):
-        cflags += ['-fcolor-diagnostics']
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.Popen([CXX, '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        if 'clang' in proc.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8'):
+            cflags += ['-fcolor-diagnostics']
+    except:
+        pass
     if platform.is_mingw():
         cflags += ['-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501']
     ldflags = ['-L$builddir']