Karol Czachorowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any way I could recompile existing packages in my system? > apt-build has no documentation and seems not to work...
You might look through some of the generic Debian developer documentation... > And if I use apt-get source and build manually, in many packages, I can't > add optimalization flags to gcc/g++ (CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS aren't pass to > compiler). Is there any (universal) way to pass flags to compiler while > building debian packages? No, there isn't. You can edit debian/rules in each source package by hand, or possibly build using something like pentium-builder. Historically, though, Debian's position has generally been that processor-specific optimizations would add a lot of space to the archive and take up developer time, at very minimal performance gain for most users. There are exceptions, and things like crypto libraries and linear algebra packages *do* have optimized versions (I have a couple of files in /usr/lib/i686/cmov, for example). Search the list archives of debian-user and debian-devel for more information. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
