Akim Demaille writes:
> >>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> Alexandre> I think this should not be done by default. -pipe is more
> Alexandre> CPU-intensive than regular builds, so it should be up to
> Alexandre> the builder to decide whether to use it or not. -pipe may
> Alexandre> work fine on a developer's high-end system, but not on Joe
> Alexandre> User's low-end machine, nor in Joe Power User's case of
> Alexandre> building with `make -j8' to make use of his SMP machine.
[...]
> Precisely for these reasons, I don't think such a macro is needed, it
> is not right. -pipe etc. should be under the control of the people
> who will run configure, so it must not depend upon a decision from the
> maintainer. I would not be happy with an extra macro. Either all the
> configures do that, or none.
>
> Still, personally I find that such configure-time optimizations fall
> under the config.site rule.
I agree 100%. This has nothing to do with autoconf.
