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From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: /sys/boot, egcs vs. gcc, -Os
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Bruce Evans wrote:
>>The problem in this case is just that the compilers require
>>different command line options.  It's asking _way_ too much to
>>require those to be identical.
> 
> Actually, they don't.  Compiler-specific options can be put in ${CC}.
> Perhaps they even should be.

But in this case, we want "-Os" (egcs) or "-O2" (gcc) only for
building boot -- not for everything.  It could be parameterized with
make macros like "OPT_SMALL" and "OPT_FAST" in the *.mk files, I
suppose.

John


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