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bzip2: use configured C compiler when editing Makefiles#5635

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Edit by @bernhardkaindl: see my comments below, I was unable evidence for what OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra said in this PR's changes and PR description. Spack's Slack points to active use of spack_cc and I found no changes and PRs supporting the claim that Terra made: #5635 (comment)


Summary

Replace the use of the spack_cc package-module global in bzip2's edit phase with self.compiler.cc.

spack_cc is no longer injected during package phases. Using the concrete spec's configured C compiler preserves the existing behavior of replacing bzip2's hard-coded gcc in both Makefiles.

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Built bzip2 successfully with the updated recipe.

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This change was developed with assistance from OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra and reviewed by the contributor.

@spackbot-triage spackbot-triage Bot added the update-package Modifications to packages in the repository label Jul 17, 2026
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@spackbot run pipeline

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I've started that pipeline for you!

filter_file(r"^CC=gcc", "CC={0}".format(spack_cc), "Makefile-libbz2_so")
# bzip2 comes with two separate Makefiles for static and dynamic builds.
# Tell both to use the configured C compiler instead of GCC. `spack_cc`
# is no longer injected as a package-module global during this phase.

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I tested and spack_cc is still set and it and is documented in the spack documenation:

https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build_systems/makefilepackage.html#edit-makefile

So far, I was unable to find evidence that this change should be merged.

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bernhardkaindl commented Jul 21, 2026

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OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra wrote in the PR description:

spack_cc is no longer injected during package phases. Using the concrete spec's configured C compiler preserves the existing behavior of replacing bzip2's hard-coded gcc in both Makefiles.

I tested and spack_cc is still set and it and is documented in the spack documenation:

So far, I was unable to find evidence that this change should be merged.

https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build_systems/makefilepackage.html#edit-makefile

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In Spack's Slack channel help, I found a reference for

NameError: name 'spack_cc' is not defined

The cause was described as:

Our container bumped the compiler versions so this error is the result of the compiler paths being not found...

@openai GPT-5.6 Terra: As I've to assume that a similar issue must have been the cause for this PR, I'm closing this for now.

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