On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Eric Blake wrote:
If autoconf detects that you are using gcc, but did not specify CFLAGS, then it defaults CFLAGS to '-g -O2'. But for other compilers, autoconf doesn't generally know enough about your compiler to assume any set of default flags. So I don't know what you are worried about. Beyond that,
It's more than that. Setting the flags to -g is a policy decision made in the mid-90's based on the claim that setting the optimization flag in any compiler other than gcc would expose bugs in that compiler. (the claim of course is incorrect, but there's no point in discussing it on this mailing list) -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
