remove dpcpp compiler and package (#43418)

`dpcpp` is deprecated by intel and has been superseded by `oneapi` compilers for a very long time.

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Co-authored-by: becker33 <becker33@users.noreply.github.com>

3 files changed, 2 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/env/cc b/lib/spack/env/cc
index f72a6663a3..6c4db38ba1 100755
--- a/lib/spack/env/cc
+++ b/lib/spack/env/cc
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ case "$command" in
         lang_flags=C
         debug_flags="-g"
         ;;
-    c++|CC|g++|clang++|armclang++|icpc|icpx|dpcpp|pgc++|nvc++|xlc++|xlc++_r|FCC|amdclang++|crayCC)
+    c++|CC|g++|clang++|armclang++|icpc|icpx|pgc++|nvc++|xlc++|xlc++_r|FCC|amdclang++|crayCC)
         command="$SPACK_CXX"
         language="C++"
         comp="CXX"
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ categorize_arguments() {
                     continue
                 fi
 
-                replaced="$after$stripped" 
+                replaced="$after$stripped"
 
                 # it matched, remove it
                 shift
@@ -913,4 +913,3 @@ fi
 # Execute the full command, preserving spaces with IFS set
 # to the alarm bell separator.
 IFS="$lsep"; exec $full_command_list
-
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py
index 1f44ebf137..ce4d6bc279 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py
@@ -434,11 +434,6 @@ To resolve this problem, please try the following:
                 r"crtendS\.o",
             ]:
                 x.filter(regex=(rehead + o), repl="")
-        elif self.pkg.compiler.name == "dpcpp":
-            # Hack to filter out spurious predep_objects when building with Intel dpcpp
-            # (see https://github.com/spack/spack/issues/32863):
-            x.filter(regex=r"^(predep_objects=.*)/tmp/conftest-[0-9A-Fa-f]+\.o", repl=r"\1")
-            x.filter(regex=r"^(predep_objects=.*)/tmp/a-[0-9A-Fa-f]+\.o", repl=r"\1")
         elif self.pkg.compiler.name == "nag":
             for tag in ["fc", "f77"]:
                 marker = markers[tag]
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/dpcpp.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/dpcpp.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 392817fd39..0000000000
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/dpcpp.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013-2024 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
-# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
-
-import os
-
-import spack.compilers.oneapi
-
-
-class Dpcpp(spack.compilers.oneapi.Oneapi):
-    """This is the same as the oneAPI compiler but uses dpcpp instead of
-    icpx (for DPC++ source files). It explicitly refers to dpcpp, so that
-    CMake test files which check the compiler name (e.g. CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER)
-    detect it as dpcpp.
-
-    Ideally we could switch out icpx for dpcpp where needed in the oneAPI
-    compiler definition, but two things are needed for that: (a) a way to
-    tell the compiler that it should be using dpcpp and (b) a way to
-    customize the link_paths
-
-    See also: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/oneapi-dpcpp-cpp-compiler-dev-guide-and-reference/top/compiler-setup/using-the-command-line/invoking-the-compiler.html
-    """
-
-    # Subclasses use possible names of C++ compiler
-    cxx_names = ["dpcpp"]
-
-    # Named wrapper links within build_env_path
-    link_paths = {
-        "cc": os.path.join("oneapi", "icx"),
-        "cxx": os.path.join("oneapi", "dpcpp"),
-        "f77": os.path.join("oneapi", "ifx"),
-        "fc": os.path.join("oneapi", "ifx"),
-    }