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Re: [HACKERS] Some cleanups/enhancements

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

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From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Brian E Gallew <geek+@cmu.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Postgres Documentation List <docs@postgresql.org>
Date: 1998-02-11T17:19:08Z
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> > > - Add a template for linux-elf-586 with (optimized) code for a Pentium
> > > (gcc 2.8.0 not only supports -m486 but also -mpentium and -mpentiumpro).
> > > Why not use template names similar to the output of config.guess (maybe
> > > with some symbolic links)?
>
> IMHO, none of the gcc-specific optimization switches belong in any
> templates.  If you're using gcc on a pentium, and your version
> supportes -mpentium, then it should be in the SPECS file in your gcc
> installation.  Admittedly, this presumes a certain clue level on the
> part of the gcc installer/maintainer, but it reduces the clutter level
> with templates somewhat.

Great! Want to write it up for the docs? Need a cookbook and an explanation;
I'll add it in...

If it requires a new install of gcc, then the other option might be to include
it in Makefile.custom as

  CFLAGS+= -mpentium

                                               - Tom