Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-14 Thread Chuck Swiger
platanthera wrote: On Friday 14 May 2004 00:03, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: [ ... ] Yes, you do. But I'm sure that you will find the make.conf(5) manpage very informative and useful. not really. it says ... The /etc/make.conf file is included from the appropriate Makefile which specifies the

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-14 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 03:03:31AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > quite confusing that uncommenting the example settings in make.conf > changes exactly nothing, since these are the (undocumented?) system > defaults anyway. probably a doc issue? > - or just my stupidity .-) Error in your expectati

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-14 Thread platanthera
On Friday 14 May 2004 00:03, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-05-13 23:29, platanthera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [/etc/make.conf] > > ... > > # To compile just the kernel with special optimizations, you should > > use # this instead of CFLAGS (which is not applicable to kernel > > builds any

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-05-13 23:29, platanthera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [/etc/make.conf] > ... > # To compile just the kernel with special optimizations, you should use > # this instead of CFLAGS (which is not applicable to kernel builds anyway). > # There is very little to gain by using higher optimization

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 02:01:15AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > Just one last question (slightly getting OT) - are CFLAGS settings on > FreeBSD more critical than on Linux? > http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html recommends > -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer 'for those who don'

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread platanthera
On Friday 14 May 2004 01:41, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:39:34AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > > On Friday 14 May 2004 01:09, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:12:41AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > > > > On Friday 14 May 2004 00:48, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > >

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:39:34AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > On Friday 14 May 2004 01:09, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:12:41AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > > > On Friday 14 May 2004 00:48, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 11:29:07PM +0200, platanthera wro

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread platanthera
On Friday 14 May 2004 01:09, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:12:41AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > > On Friday 14 May 2004 00:48, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 11:29:07PM +0200, platanthera wrote: > > > > [/etc/make.conf] > > > > ... > > > > # To compile just th

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:12:41AM +0200, platanthera wrote: > On Friday 14 May 2004 00:48, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 11:29:07PM +0200, platanthera wrote: > > > [/etc/make.conf] > > > ... > > > # To compile just the kernel with special optimizations, you should > > > use # th

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread platanthera
On Friday 14 May 2004 00:48, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 11:29:07PM +0200, platanthera wrote: > > [/etc/make.conf] > > ... > > # To compile just the kernel with special optimizations, you should > > use # this instead of CFLAGS (which is not applicable to kernel > > builds anyway

Re: COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 11:29:07PM +0200, platanthera wrote: > [/etc/make.conf] > ... > # To compile just the kernel with special optimizations, you should use > # this instead of CFLAGS (which is not applicable to kernel builds anyway). > # There is very little to gain by using higher optimization

COPTFLAGS (not?) only for compiling the kernel?

2004-05-13 Thread platanthera
[/etc/make.conf] ... # To compile just the kernel with special optimizations, you should use # this instead of CFLAGS (which is not applicable to kernel builds anyway). # There is very little to gain by using higher optimization levels, and doing # so can cause problems. # COPTFLAGS= [whatever] ...