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Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> I'm just wondering... unless it has changed since last time I installed |
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> Gentoo Linux, but isn't the installation manual on purpose conservative |
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> with CFLAGS? make.conf.example also does not much more than |
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> "-march -O2 -pipe". -O1 to the linker feels conservative to me. Still, |
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> do we really need to go any further? Why not make additional pointers |
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> to possible values for LDFLAGS like we do for C(XX)FLAGS in the |
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> installation manual? |
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CFLAGS != LDFLAGS, so the installation handbook has never covered them. |
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And yes, we are conservative in our documentation with regards to |
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optimization, because that's the smart choice. |
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Ya'll may want to take a look at the compilation optimization guide at |
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[1], specifically the FAQ on LDFLAGS. I may need to reword this section |
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a bit given how the stance on LDFLAGS has shifted. |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-optimization.xml#doc_chap3_sect4 |
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