linker optimizations

[Auke Kok]

On Thu, October 7, 2004 3:39 pm, Jasper Huijsmans said:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 02:34:19PM +0200, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> I forgot to post this earlier, but I read a thread on the gnome list
>> about
>> optimizations and one of the posts mentioned a way to optimize loading
>> time by
>> adding -Wl,O1 to the LD_FLAGS:
>>
>> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-September/msg00377.html
>>
>> Could we add this option to lunar (or is it possible already)?
>>
>
> Attached patch adds an  "Optimize" menu option to the linker optimization
> settings.
>
> I just recompiled all of Xfce with it and it compiles fine (didn't run it
> yet).

well with those flags *nothing* comes past the ./configure stage over here
(both on 2.4 and 2.6 systems)... don't know what to think of it but I
think it's a rather *obscure* and _undocumented_ feature.

configure: Configuring ccache
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C
compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

I assure you these boxes otherwise have no problems compiling!

sofar