6.0 and -O2 option

Robert Backhaus robbak at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 00:57:54 GMT 2005


> > Kernel and world seem to be ok with -O2, for ports it is not advised.
> 
> Hi,
> I may have missed a thread or something (just let me know :) ) - why is
> -O2 not advised for ports on 6.0?
> cheers,
> Beto

Simply because not every port works with -O2 optimisations. It caused
bad code in some circumstances.


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