Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-27 Thread Matthieu Amiguet
> This brings up 1 more question (you're probably not going to like)...if there's > a custom patch (possibly private - say for preferred keybindings or something) > I'd like to apply to a package before compiling...is this possible as well? I'm not sure about this, but if you're looking for a one-

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread POLAX
> It will not be extended for CFLAGS. It would create a maintenance > nightmare which we can't support, that's why the proposal was turned > down. Where support fails a feature disclaimer prevails :- ) Anyone sending unwanted advertising e-mail to this address will be charged $25 for network

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Spider
begin quote On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:54:34 -0800 (PST) "POLAX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose then there may be interest in any Flag/Package combinations > I find to be not workable. Perhaps on gentoo-dev? Not really. We can't go around and babysit, and the overhead is too great IMO. W

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread POLAX
> This was for two different occasions, just that my linebreak > dissapeared: > > package specific optimizations aren't handled unless you do it on > commandline. > > some packages are known and documented to break with certain flags, and > if those flags are in the common area (-O3 comes to mind

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Marius Mauch
On 11/26/03 Patrick Börjesson wrote: > > > Looking for something like this? > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13616 > > > > Close...would like to control CFLAGS as well - this would make me > > happy as a clam. (And in my opinion make distros like LFS nothing > > more than a "learnin

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Patrick Börjesson
> > Looking for something like this? > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13616 > > Close...would like to control CFLAGS as well - this would make me > happy as a clam. (And in my opinion make distros like LFS nothing > more than a "learning experience") When having the functionality of pa

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Spider
begin quote On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:39:32 -0800 (PST) "POLAX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Easy. they aren't. Unless you do it in the commandline, portage > > doesn't > > do it. Some packages wipe all CFLAGS or ignore them completely > > because > > they break with all except -O2 , but we try

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread POLAX
> Looking for something like this? > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13616 Close...would like to control CFLAGS as well - this would make me happy as a clam. (And in my opinion make distros like LFS nothing more than a "learning experience") Anyone sending unwanted advertising e-mai

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread POLAX
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:44:01 +0100, Spider wrote: > > begin quote > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:19:09 -0800 (PST) > "POLAX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How are package optimizations specific to a particular package > > specified? > > > Easy. they aren't. Unless you do it in the commandline, p

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Patrick Börjesson wrote: this all makes some sense - of course ;), but - me too - wondered about, how to build (for instance) gimp with tiff support but imagick without(I know, this is a stupid example.), without shooting myself in the foot during the next ``emerge -u world''. Maybe it would be goo

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Frank Schäfer
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 13:06, Patrick Börjesson wrote: > > this all makes some sense - of course ;), but - me too - wondered > > about, how to build (for instance) gimp with tiff support but imagick > > without(I know, this is a stupid example.), without shooting myself in > > the foot during the ne

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Patrick Börjesson
> this all makes some sense - of course ;), but - me too - wondered > about, how to build (for instance) gimp with tiff support but imagick > without(I know, this is a stupid example.), without shooting myself in > the foot during the next ``emerge -u world''. > > Maybe it would be good, to have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Frank Schäfer
Hi Spider, this all makes some sense - of course ;), but - me too - wondered about, how to build (for instance) gimp with tiff support but imagick without (I know, this is a stupid example.), without shooting myself in the foot during the next ``emerge -u world''. Maybe it would be good, to have

Re: [gentoo-user] Package Specific Optimizations?

2003-11-26 Thread Spider
begin quote On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:19:09 -0800 (PST) "POLAX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How are package optimizations specific to a particular package > specified? Easy. they aren't. Unless you do it in the commandline, portage doesn't do it. Some packages wipe all CFLAGS or ignore them compl