From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 6 10:30:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA26077 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 10:30:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA26045 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 10:30:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA08575; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 10:30:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199806061730.KAA08575@austin.polstra.com> To: mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: Recompiling sources with "-O2 -m486 -pipe" In-Reply-To: <199806040546.WAA00663@antipodes.cdrom.com> References: <199806040546.WAA00663@antipodes.cdrom.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 10:30:35 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <199806040546.WAA00663@antipodes.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith wrote: > I would still advise against anything over -O. I have certainly seen > strange (bad) problems with code built with -O2 and above, and I can do > without the grief. I generally stay away from -O2 myself, out of superstition more than anything else. But I noticed that it's used throughout "make release", so it must not be too problematic. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message