Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 02/09/1999 21:04:18
On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 10:32:42AM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:30:05 -0500
> Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us> wrote:
>
> > Would it make sense to make this selectable on a per-port basis?
>
> It's already selectable on a per-person-system basis with the LDSTATIC
> build variable.
Uhm, no... thats _global_ right? For people doing lots of builds, or even
kernel builds or make builds, a LOT of cc1 (and sh) are executed... but
sh is already static. I think Scott Reynolds (but I might confuse him with
another person) claims a (small) few percent speed difference.
-is