Re: Should gcc use the -pipe option by default?

[eisentrp]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Mo DeJong wrote:

> if test -n "$GCC"; then
>   AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the compiler understands -pipe])
>   OLDCC="$CC"  
>   CC="$CC -pipe"
>   AC_TRY_COMPILE(,,
>     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
>     CC="$OLDCC"
>     AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
> fi

My concern is, on some platforms gcc -pipe just silently fails to create
an output file but does not return an error code.

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