now the --with-cc=CC option of ./configure also controls the C compiler used by Lua and LuaJIT. thanks @姜大炮 for reporting the issue; also released ngx_openresty 1.0.4.1rc3.

t/sanity.t

@@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ The http_drizzle_module is not enabled while --with-libdrizzle is specified.
 --- exit: 255
 
 
+
 === TEST 16: ngx_drizzle enabled and --with-libdrizzle is specified
 --- cmd: ./configure --with-libdrizzle=/opt/drizzle --with-http_drizzle_module --dry-run
 --- out
@@ -921,3 +922,50 @@ install:
 clean:
 	rm -rf build
 
+
+
+=== TEST 17: --with-cc
+--- cmd: ./configure --with-cc=gcc-4.2 --dry-run --platform=solaris
+--- out
+platform: solaris (solaris)
+cp -rp bundle/ build/
+cd build
+cd lua-5.1.4
+make CC=gcc-4.2 solaris
+make install CC=gcc-4.2 INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
+export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
+cd ..
+cd nginx-1.0.4
+./configure --prefix=/usr/local/openresty/nginx \
+  --add-module=../echo-nginx-module-0.37rc1 \
+  --add-module=../xss-nginx-module-0.03rc3 \
+  --add-module=../ngx_devel_kit-0.2.17 \
+  --add-module=../set-misc-nginx-module-0.21 \
+  --add-module=../form-input-nginx-module-0.07rc4 \
+  --add-module=../encrypted-session-nginx-module-0.01 \
+  --add-module=../ngx_lua-0.2.1rc2 \
+  --add-module=../headers-more-nginx-module-0.15 \
+  --add-module=../srcache-nginx-module-0.12 \
+  --add-module=../array-var-nginx-module-0.02 \
+  --add-module=../memc-nginx-module-0.12 \
+  --add-module=../redis2-nginx-module-0.07 \
+  --add-module=../upstream-keepalive-nginx-module-0.3 \
+  --add-module=../auth-request-nginx-module-0.2 \
+  --add-module=../rds-json-nginx-module-0.12rc1 \
+  --with-cc=gcc-4.2 --with-http_ssl_module
+cd ../..
+--- makefile
+.PHONY: all install clean
+
+all:
+	cd build/lua-5.1.4 && $(MAKE) CC=gcc-4.2 solaris
+	cd build/nginx-1.0.4 && $(MAKE)
+
+install:
+	cd build/lua-5.1.4 && $(MAKE) install CC=gcc-4.2 INSTALL_TOP=$(DESTDIR)/usr/local/openresty/lua
+	cd build/nginx-1.0.4 && $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf build
+

util/configure

@@ -105,12 +105,19 @@ my $prefix = '/usr/local/openresty';
 my %resty_opts;
 my $dry_run;
 my @ngx_rpaths;
+my $cc;
 
 my (@ngx_opts, @ngx_cc_opts, @ngx_ld_opts);
 
 for my $opt (@ARGV) {
     next unless defined $opt;
 
+    if ($opt =~ /^--with-cc=(.+)/) {
+        $cc = $1;
+        push @ngx_opts, $opt;
+        next;
+    }
+
     if ($opt eq '--dry-run') {
         $dry_run = 1;
         next;
@@ -317,14 +324,21 @@ sub build_resty_opts {
 
         cd $luajit_src;
 
-        shell "make PREFIX=$luajit_prefix", $dry_run;
+        my $extra_opts = '';
-        shell "make install PREFIX=$luajit_prefix DESTDIR=$luajit_root", $dry_run;
+
+        if (defined $cc) {
+            $extra_opts .= " CC=$cc";
+        }
+
+        shell "make$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix", $dry_run;
+
+        shell "make install$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix DESTDIR=$luajit_root", $dry_run;
 
         push @make_cmds, "cd build/$luajit_src && "
-            . "\$(MAKE) PREFIX=$luajit_prefix";
+            . "\$(MAKE)$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix";
 
         push @make_install_cmds, "cd build/$luajit_src && "
-            . "\$(MAKE) install PREFIX=$luajit_prefix DESTDIR=\$(DESTDIR)";
+            . "\$(MAKE) install$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix DESTDIR=\$(DESTDIR)";
 
         env LUAJIT_LIB => "$luajit_root$luajit_prefix/lib";
         env LUAJIT_INC => "$luajit_root$luajit_prefix/include/luajit-2.0";
@@ -354,16 +368,21 @@ sub build_resty_opts {
 
         cd $lua_src;
 
-        shell "make $platform", $dry_run;
+        my $extra_opts = '';
-        shell "make install INSTALL_TOP=$lua_root$lua_prefix", $dry_run;
+        if (defined $cc) {
+            $extra_opts .= " CC=$cc";
+        }
+
+        shell "make$extra_opts $platform", $dry_run;
+        shell "make install$extra_opts INSTALL_TOP=$lua_root$lua_prefix", $dry_run;
 
         env LUA_LIB => "$lua_root$lua_prefix/lib";
         env LUA_INC => "$lua_root$lua_prefix/include";
 
-        push @make_cmds, "cd build/$lua_src && \$(MAKE) $platform";
+        push @make_cmds, "cd build/$lua_src && \$(MAKE)$extra_opts $platform";
 
         push @make_install_cmds, "cd build/$lua_src && "
-            . "\$(MAKE) install INSTALL_TOP=\$(DESTDIR)$lua_prefix";
+            . "\$(MAKE) install$extra_opts INSTALL_TOP=\$(DESTDIR)$lua_prefix";
 
         cd '..';
     }

util/ver

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 main_ver=1.0.4
-minor_ver=1rc2
+minor_ver=1rc3
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version