Building packages and compiler flags

2005-04-14 Thread Carsten Friede
Hi. Is it possible to activate specific compiler flags, when building packages from source, eg. for the AltiVec, to improve performance? What I want to do, is to compile particular packages with flags according to my iBook G4. My thought is, to get my Debian more customized like Gentoo. What I n

Re: Building packages and compiler flags

2005-04-14 Thread Charles Lepple
On 4/14/05, Carsten Friede <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to activate specific compiler flags, when building > packages from source, eg. for the AltiVec, to improve performance? haven't tried it on ppc yet, but apt-build lets you do this on x86. http://packages.debian.org/apt-build

Re: Building packages and compiler flags

2005-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:47:35PM +0200, Carsten Friede wrote: > Hi. > > Is it possible to activate specific compiler flags, when building > packages from source, eg. for the AltiVec, to improve performance? Not being sure whether you need to know the flags, or how to use them with the Debian p

Re: Building packages and compiler flags

2005-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 07:15:45PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:47:35PM +0200, Carsten Friede wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Is it possible to activate specific compiler flags, when building > > packages from source, eg. for the AltiVec, to improve performance? > > Not be

Re: Building packages and compiler flags

2005-04-14 Thread Arnaud FONTAINE
Selon Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 07:15:45PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:47:35PM +0200, Carsten Friede wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > Is it possible to activate specific compiler flags, when building > > > packages from source,

Re: Building packages and compiler flags

2005-04-14 Thread Charles Lepple
On 4/14/05, Arnaud FONTAINE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ over 3 KB of context snipped, but thanks for top-quoting :-) ] > CFLAGS="-O3 -mpowerpc -mtune=G4 -mcpu=G4 -mabi=altivec -maltivec > -mpowerpc-gfxopt -mpowerpc-gpopt -mnew-mnemonics -mno-strict-align -pipe" > > If you get an error with mtune

Re: Building packages and compiler flags

2005-05-08 Thread Eddy Petrisor
Carsten Friede wrote: Hi. Is it possible to activate specific compiler flags, when building packages from source, eg. for the AltiVec, to improve performance? What I want to do, is to compile particular packages with flags according to my iBook G4. My thought is, to get my Debian more customized