On Tuesday 10 September 2002 09:31 pm, Curt Sampson wrote: > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > I disagree. Choosing the compiler options is exactly the job of the > > installer, packager, or distributor.
> If there is one, yes. If the enduser is directly compiling the source, then that user is responsible for passing the flags desired -- they become their own packager. > However, many users are not as knowledgable as packagers, but may > still be compiling from source. For those people, I don't think it's > unreasonable to say, "Use -O2 unless you know what you are doing." I still remember when the Alpha port _required_ -O0. And it was documented that way, IIRC. Compiling from source implies certain knowledge. Automated from source builds, such as ports or linux distributions such as Gentoo can handle this in their own build systems. If someone can figure out how to override the default, then they can deal with the results, IMHO. -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
