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From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
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Subject: Re: what is -DNOPROFILE ?
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On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 01:40:33PM +0200, cpghost@cordula.ws wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 12:52:32PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I was wondering what this make.conf-flag is for: 
> > 
> > NOPROFILE=     true    # Avoid compiling profiled libraries
> > 
> > What are "profiled" libraries?
> 
> /usr/lib/lib*_p.{a,so}
> 
> See gprof(1)

So, if I understand it correctly from gprof(1), profiled libraries are
for measuring how much CPU time is spent in each suboutine?  And, as a
regular user (not a developer or benchmarker), I don't need this and can
use -DNOPROFILE for not building profiled libraries?  

I also understand these libraries are seperate from my "regular"
libraries?  So, is there a drawback (other than increased compile time
for a make world) in building them?  Or does it not matter?  

GH