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Re: Optimization levels when compiling PostgreSQL...

Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>

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From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>, Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-09-11T01:31:06Z
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> I disagree.  Choosing the compiler options is exactly the job of the
> installer, packager, or distributor.

If there is one, yes.

> I don't think we're doing anyone a service if we spread wild speculations
> about how risky certain compiler options are.  If your compiler creates
> broken code, don't use it.  Packagers are expected to know about their
> compiler.  If they create broken packages and behave irresponsibly about
> it they won't be making packages much longer.

However, many users are not as knowledgable as packagers, but may
still be compiling from source. For those people, I don't think it's
unreasonable to say, "Use -O2 unless you know what you are doing."

(I'm not sure we're actually disagreeing here, but I just wanted to make
this point clear.)

cjs
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