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Date:      Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:50:49 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_K=F6vesd=E1n?= <gabor@t-hosting.hu>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Max Khon <fjoe@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r228143 - in head: . share/mk tools/build/options
Message-ID:  <4ED545A9.8000304@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4ED544E1.3050307@t-hosting.hu>
References:  <201111291946.pATJkHMs064094@svn.freebsd.org> <4ED544E1.3050307@t-hosting.hu>

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On 11/29/2011 12:47, Gábor Kövesdán wrote:
> On 2011.11.29. 20:46, Max Khon wrote:
>> Log:
>>    Turn off profiled libs build by default.
>>    Can be enabled back using WITH_PROFILE=yes in /etc/src.conf
> I think it was useful. Profiling is useful for developing any piece of
> software that builds on libc or other common libs, even for software
> that is not directly related to FreeBSD. I think it should be reverted.

Since we ask users to read -current, it would be useful if our
developers did too. :)

As Max pointed out in his message about this, the profiled libs are only
really useful to a tiny percentage of developers. If you need them,
twist the knob. Building them should be off by default.


Doug

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