On Jul 3, 2000, Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it might be a good idea to add the -pipe option to the
> default CFLAGS if gcc is detected and the -pipe option is
> supported. What do you think?
I think this should not be done by default. -pipe is more
CPU-intensive than regular builds, so it should be up to the builder
to decide whether to use it or not. -pipe may work fine on a
developer's high-end system, but not on Joe User's low-end machine,
nor in Joe Power User's case of building with `make -j8' to make use
of his SMP machine.
However, since there's demand for such a macro, we could supply one
that would refrain from adding -pipe, even if supported, when a
configure option such as --disable-pipe is given. But IMHO this macro
should not be used by default; it's only for those developers that
*think* they know better than their users, and we should make it clear
in the docs that this macro is not recommended in general.
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