[gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN

2006-09-30 Thread Lionel Bouton
Hi, I just had an unpleasant experience with -ffast-math and GCC 4.1.1 (it borked my LDAP authentication on several systems which worked with the same CFLAGS as long as GCC 3.4.6 was used). There is a lot of material out there about CFLAGS and Gentoo (google returns 387000 pages) but what's

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN

2006-09-30 Thread Lionel Bouton
Mike Frysinger wrote the following on 30.09.2006 23:48 : [...] `man gcc` always seemed fine to me in fact, lets read the -ffast-math section: -ffast-math This option should never be turned on by any -O option since it can result in incorrect output for programs

[gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN

2006-10-02 Thread Lionel Bouton
Here's an updated draft. I included most of your remarks and added some notes on append-flags/filter-flags. I'll probably submit it to Ulrich around the end of the week. --- Draft BEGIN --- section titleCFLAGS/title body p Being able to tune the CFLAGS is part of one of the core principles of

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN

2006-10-03 Thread Lionel Bouton
Josh Saddler wrote the following on 03.10.2006 18:11 : (...) Lionel Uh, Gentoo-wiki does not get linked. Are there many trying to link to the Gentoo Wiki in official documentation? It seems guns are warm and devs quick to jump to conclusions (re-read the title and the previous discussion on

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN

2006-10-03 Thread Lionel Bouton
Daniel Ostrow wrote the following on 03.10.2006 19:22 : Ok...lets try this... Gentoo-wiki does not now nor will it ever get linked to from official Gentoo media, documentation, or anything else within the www.gentoo.org namespace... It seemed to me that although it is hosted in the

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN

2006-10-03 Thread Lionel Bouton
Chris Gianelloni wrote the following on 03.10.2006 22:46 : On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 19:49 +0200, Lionel Bouton wrote: It seemed to me that although it is hosted in the www.gentoo.org space the GWN isn't official Gentoo stuff. The GWN is staffed entirely by developers. We have non

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN

2006-10-03 Thread Lionel Bouton
Ciaran McCreesh wrote the following on 03.10.2006 14:26 : On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:56:42 +0200 Lionel Bouton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Being able to tune the CFLAGS is part of one of the core principles of | Gentoo: let the user be in control. What? No it isn't. Maybe it depends on what

[gentoo-dev] [RFC] CFLAGS paragraph for the GWN, 3rd version

2006-10-03 Thread Lionel Bouton
Here's the third version of the draft, wiki-free and with less sugar too. More warnings. Thanks again for the input. --- Draft BEGIN --- section titleCFLAGS/title body p Being able to tune the CFLAGS is part of one of the core principles of Gentoo: let the user be in control. Being in control

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: CFLAGS paragraph submission for the GWN

2006-10-09 Thread Lionel Bouton
Duncan wrote the following on 09.10.2006 12:51 : Dice R. Random [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:30:56 -0700: For example c-ffast-math/c is added by the xmame/xmess ebuilds on most architectures even tho you SHOULD NOT put it in your

Re: [gentoo-dev] Little respect towards Daniel please

2007-03-04 Thread Lionel Bouton
Ciaran McCreesh wrote the following on 04.03.2007 21:26 : On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 13:14:14 -0700 Daniel Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was helpful to have some things confirmed by people other than Ciaran. So now you're calling me a liar too? [...] I followed this discussion

Re: [gentoo-dev] Ruby ebuild howto question

2007-08-11 Thread Lionel Bouton
Richard Brown wrote the following on 10.08.2007 21:44 : Yes, see: http://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-writing/index.html#export-functions Hits the very spot I was aiming for, many thanks. Lionel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list