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Date:      Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:49:19 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r356797 - head/share/mk
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfpC8K0D%2BfMu1w5PVXeLZxdCZs%2B3mmLG6PgxrKmRDBbFYA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 12:18 PM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 12:34, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > I would support having MK_PROFILE default to off for 13.
>
> I agree.
>
> > Do we know if any other systems still
> > ship -pg libraries as an option?  Also, is anyone still using them?
>
> I'll try to check some representative Linux distributions, and later
> post a question on appropriate mailing lists to see if anyone's using
> them.
>

I think you'll find they haven't been shipped in over a decade. Maybe two.

I'd turn them off by default as they have been overtaken by better,
hardware assisted means. I've not used them in at least 15 years. 25-30
years ago I used them all the time.

Warner

>



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