From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C84D158042 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2024 07:27:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C66BE082F; Mon, 4 Nov 2024 07:27:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C35CDE0815 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2024 07:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host86-158-182-12.range86-158.btcentralplus.com ([86.158.182.12] helo=[192.168.1.99]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1t7rV6-00000000Cd9-6jxE for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2024 07:27:48 +0000 Message-ID: <620ea7e7-477f-430c-9961-9fe89247b9b4@youngman.org.uk> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 07:27:47 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and clang To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <12545142.O9o76ZdvQC@rogueboard> <115370864.nniJfEyVGO@rogueboard> <5861349.DvuYhMxLoT@invader> <5036054.0VBMTVartN@rogueboard> Content-Language: en-GB From: Wols Lists In-Reply-To: <5036054.0VBMTVartN@rogueboard> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3d306567-0c08-4750-838d-e010a2e980ab X-Archives-Hash: 2083dccb00fc3f21b3fa77bd6d130fca On 01/11/2024 17:50, Michael wrote: > Thanks! From what I read briefly, I understand clang is recommended upstream > and therefore was set as a default flag. However, a rust Vs rust-bin version > clash can occur and since FF patched their code to work with gcc, setting > clang as the default compiler is no longer considered necessary - at least > this is the present status. On my system, clang is explicitly disabled. This was thanks to Firefox and Thunderbird repeatedly failing to compile, which is apparently a problem with clang and older CPUs. Cheers, Wol