Hello,

In the current HEAD, mk/build.mk.sample has:

> # -------- 1. A Performance/Distribution 
build--------------------------------
>
> ifeq "$(BuildFlavour)" "perf"
>
> SRC_HC_OPTS   = -H32m -O2
> GhcHcOpts     = -Rghc-timing
> GhcLibHcOpts  =
> GhcLibWays    = p
>
> endif
>

If this is used (by copying mk/build.mk.sample to mk/build.mk and uncommenting 
the

> #BuildFlavour = perf

with no other changes), I understand things so that the GhcLibHcOpts  will end 
up empty. The default GhcLibHcOpts  from mk/config.mk[.in] is:

> GhcLibHcOpts=-O -Rghc-timing -fgenerics

Since the default optimization option () is -O0, this is the optimization 
level used for the libraries in such a build.

It seems that "GhcLibHcOpts  =" is hardly ever the desired choice for a 
performance/distribution build. And, in fact, 
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Hacking has:

> Full optimisation
> 
> To turn up everything to the max, for running performance tests for example, 
try these: 
>   SRC_HC_OPTS  = -H64m -O2 
>   GhcLibHcOpts = -O2
>   SplitObjs    = YES

Comments would be most welcome.

Thanks and regards
Thorkil

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