------- Comment #30 from mrs at apple dot com  2009-09-04 01:49 -------
I admit that having gcc automagically add -m32 isn't strictly needed, the user
can do that.  The problem is when they don't do that.  What behavior do we
want?  We can pick:

  1)  Just work.
  2)  Fail immediately, telling them they did it wrong.
  3)  Grind away for hours, just to fail in some obscure hard to understand way

Status quo is #3.  Now, we have the choice to do this, or to do 1.  Argue
against 1; it is import to fail in some obscure way because...  I have never
see a compelling argument.  I did the change up as I was supporting users that
grew tied of it failing all the time.  I grew tied of it failing all the time. 
For me, it's an easy choice.  The cost of the few lines is well worth the
benefit to me.


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41180

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