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Date:      Wed, 7 Mar 2001 13:01:47 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Claude Buisson <ubc@paris.framatome.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ARCH flag in new make.conf
Message-ID:  <20010307130147.A43079@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10103071224110.85885-100000@eve.framatome.fr>; from ubc@paris.framatome.fr on Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 12:28:29PM %2B0100
References:  <20010307025918.A37732@mollari.cthul.hu> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10103071224110.85885-100000@eve.framatome.fr>

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On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 12:28:29PM +0100, Claude Buisson wrote:

> given that the optimization MUST be activated by a CPUTYPE=XXX in
> the user's /etc/make.conf, what is the use of NO_CPU_FLAGS ? 
> just needing 2 lines instead of 0 in /etc/make.conf ?

Because you may want OpenSSL ASM optimizations, but not want to
compile the entire world with -march.

Or, perhaps you want to temporarily override the adding of -march to
CFLAGS while you compile something.

Kris

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