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Date:      Sat, 23 Nov 2002 19:26:00 +0100
From:      Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>
To:        Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: '-ax' option in gcc
Message-ID:  <20021123192600.0ab4006d.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <3DDFB905.2030107@liwing.de>
References:  <20021123174502.703cc4cd.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> <3DDFB905.2030107@liwing.de>

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On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:21:09 +0100
Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> wrote:

Hi,

> The "-ax" option generates code for profiling. The "-ax" options
> doesn't appears in the current info documentation, which is an actual
> one (AFAIK). So I assume, "-ax" is not supported anymore.

So the man page needs to be updated then :) 
 
> You may also read http://gcc.gnu.org/ for details 'bout the new
> compiler and http://gcc.gnu.org/news/profiledriven.html for
> information about the new "Infrastructure for Profile Driven
> Optimizations".

Yes, thanks for the info, FWIW I think it's quite against POLA to remove
an option yet keep it documented in the man page :)

Cheers,
-- 
        Miguel Mendez - flynn@energyhq.homeip.net
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