> Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> writes: > >> Michael Haubenwallner <michael.haubenwall...@salomon.at> writes: >> >>> But still: given that x86-solaris started with some Pentium, I just >>> can't believe gcc can "optimize" for real 80386 CPU on Solaris now. >>> >>> Especially as i386 (from config.guess) is the default too. >> >> I'm not sure why you don't believe it. It is what I would expect. >> >> If we want to make this work more normally for ordinary users, I think >> the right thing to do would be to patch config.guess to compute a better >> value for the build system CPU on Solaris systems. > > Please no: alpha went this route, and the consequence is that your > self-built gcc will generate code for the build system. This breaks > completely if you have a heterogeneous collection of systems, and the > GCC build system isn't the least common denominator of them. This > single-system mindset creates unnecessary trouble in this scenario. > GCC's configure has enough control over the default target CPU, even > without messing with config.guess, and most other programs won't care > about this at all. > >
Personally I am all for "it ain't broke, don't fix it". Dennis -- -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x1D936C72FA35B44B +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Dennis Clarke | Solaris and Linux and Open Source | | dcla...@blastwave.org | Respect for open standards. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+
