svn commit: r228143 - in head: . share/mk tools/build/options

[Garrett Cooper]

2011/11/29 Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org>:
> On 11/29/2011 12:47, Gábor Kövesdán wrote:
>> On 2011.11.29. 20:46, Max Khon wrote:
>>> Log:
>>>    Turn off profiled libs build by default.
>>>    Can be enabled back using WITH_PROFILE=yes in /etc/src.conf
>> I think it was useful. Profiling is useful for developing any piece of
>> software that builds on libc or other common libs, even for software
>> that is not directly related to FreeBSD. I think it should be reverted.
>
> Since we ask users to read -current, it would be useful if our
> developers did too. :)
>
> As Max pointed out in his message about this, the profiled libs are only
> really useful to a tiny percentage of developers. If you need them,
> twist the knob. Building them should be off by default.

+1. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. As suggested
elsewhere, I think it would also be a good idea to enable it in
tinderbox builds.
-Garrett