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Date:      Fri, 4 Apr 2003 21:00:00 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Subject:   Re: GCC_OPTIONS
Message-ID:  <20030404180000.GA72007@sunbay.com>
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 09:51:56AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 08:26:52PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 08:30:13AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 11:07:46AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > > Guess what was in GCC_OPTIONS.  In short, we don't support
> > > > GCC_OPTIONS.  It isn't even mentioned in gcc(1) or GNU info
> > > > files.
> > >=20
> > > We, FreeBSD, are the ones that added it.  That's why it isn't mention=
ed
> > > in the GNU docs.
> > >=20
> > : revision 1.20
> > : date: 2001/05/29 09:54:45;  author: obrien;  state: Exp;  lines: +53 =
-1
> > : Support the environmental var "GCC_OPTIONS".  Which can hold a set of
> > : default options for GCC.  These options are interpreted first and can=
 be
> > : overwritten by explicit command line parameters.  This provides one w=
ay of
> > : adding [temporary] options to your world build w/o editing /etc/make.=
conf.
> >=20
> > So this is only to add temporary options to the default CFLAGS,
> > where simple
> >=20
> > 	make CFLAGS=3D"`make -V CFLAGS` -foo -bar"
> >=20
> > would do just fine?  Are there any other reasons behind adding
> > this variable?
>=20
> Say I always want -g, or -save-temps, or any of several other options.
> It is easier to add GCC_OPTIONS to ~/.<shell> than always type it on the
> command line.  We also have DIFF_OPTIONS, GREP_OPTIONS.  I guess you
> don't need to take it into account, but should a weird bug report crop
> up, it is something to keep in mind.
>=20
Then could you at least please document it in the gcc(1) manpage?


Cheers,
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