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Patrick McLean wrote: |
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> For about a month now, we (amd64) have had some code in our |
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> profile.bashrc that filters CFLAGS that are unrecognized by gcc, and |
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> warnings the user about bad CFLAGS. |
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> So far it has worked fairly well, and it has really cut down on the |
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> number of bugs that filed by people with extreme ricer CFLAGS. It might |
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> be an idea to have something similar in the global bashrc, and have a |
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> system for arches to customize the CFLAGS that are warned about. |
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> The code is at gentoo-x86/profiles/default-linux/amd64/profile.bashrc |
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> for those who want to see it. |
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Except you need a way for them to turn it off, and you do not currently |
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provide one. We can set default flags all we want, but I don't see |
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filtering 'bad' flags as necessarily our problem. If you want to say: |
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"Hey we have had issues with people filing bogus bug reports with CFLAGS |
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that are completely inappropriate, so by default we check the sanity of |
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your CFLAGS, this is how you turn those checks off." then I'd be ok with it. |
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Most of the Ricers won't read it, and maybe you can print a warning that |
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CFLAG checking is disabled. |
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However leaving it on all the time merely imposes penalties on the power |
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users who wish to use your profile. Your profile is a tool that should |
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be useful to all classes of users. |
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-Alec Warner |
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