[SQU] config issue on Irix

If i try to compile Squid-2.4 on Irix, and i have installed both gcc and
mipspro (the native Irix compiler), ./configure uses gcc by default, and
there's no way to change this by using some ./configure switches (like
--prefer-native-compiler or something...). Of course, i can hack the
makefiles or even ./configure, but this is ugly, and especially painful
when it comes to maintain succesive upgrade releases. (i'm talking from
the admin point-of-view; if i was a programmer, i wouldn't mind to
tinker with makefiles)
I think the same problem occurs on other commercial Unices, like Solaris
or HP. But my particular interest in this is because mipspro is very,
very highly optimised for the SGI architecture - basically, using the
same code and compiling it with gcc and with mipspro, you can tell the
difference just by running those two binaries and watching them with
naked eye. So, compiling Squid with mipspro will make a big difference
on Irix (i'm not advertising anything, that's plain truth).

Are you guys willing to modify ./configure a little bit, so that "if i'm
on this architecture, and the native compiler is there, use it instead
of gcc" - or something like that. At least, the configure script should
provide a switch to override the default compiler choice.

-- 
Florin Andrei
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