| From: | Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Optimization levels when compiling PostgreSQL... |
| Date: | 2002-09-11 01:31:06 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.NEB.4.44.0209111029450.23252-100000@angelic.cynic.net |
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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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