2231 conan compiler detection

conans/client/conf/detect.py

@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ def _execute(command):
 
 
 def _gcc_compiler(output, compiler_exe="gcc"):
+
     try:
+        if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+            # In Mac OS X check if gcc is a fronted using apple-clang
+            _, out = _execute("%s --version" % compiler_exe)
+            out = out.lower()
+            if "clang" in out:
+                return None
+
         _, out = _execute('%s -dumpversion' % compiler_exe)
         compiler = "gcc"
         installed_version = re.search("([0-9](\.[0-9])?)", out).group()
@@ -147,7 +155,15 @@ def _get_default_compiler(output):
         output.info("CC and CXX: %s, %s " % (cc or "None", cxx or "None"))
         command = cc or cxx
         if "gcc" in command:
-            return _gcc_compiler(output, command)
+            gcc = _gcc_compiler(output, command)
+            if platform.system() == "Darwin" and gcc is None:
+                output.warn(
+                    "%s detected as a frontend using apple-clang, skipping it to use native apple-clang" % command
+                )
+                # Fallback to use clang instead
+                command = "clang"
+            else:
+                return gcc
         if "clang" in command.lower():
             return _clang_compiler(output, command)
         if platform.system() == "SunOS" and command.lower() == "cc":

conans/test/util/detect_test.py

@@ -1,15 +1,52 @@
+import platform
+import subprocess
 import unittest
-from conans.test.utils.tools import TestBufferConanOutput
+
+from conans import tools
 from conans.client.conf.detect import detect_defaults_settings
-import platform
+from conans.test.utils.tools import TestBufferConanOutput
 
 
 class DetectTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def detect_test(self):
+    def detect_default_compilers_test(self):
+        platform_default_compilers = {
+            "Linux": "gcc",
+            "Darwin": "apple-clang",
+            "Windows": "Visual Studio"
+        }
         output = TestBufferConanOutput()
         result = detect_defaults_settings(output)
-        if platform.system() == "Linux":
-            for (name, value) in result:
-                if name == "compiler":
-                    self.assertEquals(value, "gcc")
+        # result is a list of tuples (name, value) so converting it to dict
+        result = dict(result)
+        platform_compiler = platform_default_compilers.get(platform.system(), None)
+        if platform_compiler is not None:
+            self.assertEquals(result.get("compiler", None), platform_compiler)
+
+    def detect_default_in_mac_os_using_gcc_as_default_test(self):
+        """
+        Test if gcc in Mac OS X is using apple-clang as frontend
+        """
+        # See: https://github.com/conan-io/conan/issues/2231
+        if platform.system() != "Darwin":
+            return
+
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(["gcc", "--version"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            # gcc is not installed or there is any error (no test scenario)
+            return
+
+        if b"clang" not in output:
+            # Not test scenario gcc should display clang in output
+            # see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19535422/os-x-10-9-gcc-links-to-clang
+            raise Exception("Apple gcc doesn't point to clang with gcc frontend anymore! please check")
+
+        output = TestBufferConanOutput()
+        with tools.environment_append({"CC": "gcc"}):
+            result = detect_defaults_settings(output)
+        # result is a list of tuples (name, value) so converting it to dict
+        result = dict(result)
+        self.assertEquals(result.get("compiler", None), "apple-clang")
+        self.assertIn("gcc detected as a frontend using apple-clang", output)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(output.warn)