Binary package CFLAGS

Hi I am of moving from Gentoo to Arch, mainly due to the fact that binary distros are much quicker/easier to install and maintain and the fact that the performance benefit from compiling with your exact GCC CPU option is probably negligible.
However I wanted to ask, the binary packages for Arch64, is there a place that describes what gcc options were used to compile them?
Regards
Mark

most likely the defaults from makepkg.conf:
http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/package … kepkg.conf

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i3839 wrote:Flames?? Where? You sure you didn't misread something?
Probably.
Here's what I read, admitting that it doesn't seem quite as bad the second time around...:
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"you don't know which way is up, you contradict yourself while continuing to ignore the problems and aren't fixing anything".
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"The other distros are better."
(Personally, I don't care if anybody likes another distro better, but if so, use it instead, don't talk about it)
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"hey, I do have some good ideas".
It isn't a matter of being able to do something or not, it's a matter of convenience. All programs should be relative easy to compile from source, but that doesn't mean that everyone should compile all programs themselves.
"There aren't enough Arch binaries to go around"
OR:
"ABS sucks"
OR:
"Hold my hand, I can't compile."
OR:
"I use Arch cause I don't like Gentoo". :-D
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Dusty

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Whenever your upgrading firefox browser, it updates only the browser it never remove your settings and bookmark. If you like the clean reinstall follow the below steps
Note: clean reinstall removes everything from your system
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'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
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#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#*'''Mac:''' Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
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If "package maintainer" wouldn't imply "Arch dev" but simply what it says then the problem is sort of gone. Assuming that packages follow Arch guidelines and don't have a big influence like e.g. the rc scripts and init. But enough about this.
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We'll always need different repo's, as one repo can't fulfil all functionality. More or less what there's now and could be:
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2) TUR/community: same as official, but made by other people.
3) AUR: high chance of being safe, but no quality guarantees other than that it builds and installs.
4) bare binaries from the AUR site: use at your own risk.
EDIT:
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http://communities.mentor.com/mgcx/message/46777
At the moment I am using a local version of the library when running Questa, but I would like to know why the update breaks compatibility. When I run a diff between the two binary packages, I get:
Binary files 1/.MTREE and 2/.MTREE differ
diff -r 1/.PKGINFO 2/.PKGINFO
1,3c1,3
< # Generated by makepkg 4.1.1
< # using fakeroot version 1.19
< # Wed Jun 19 22:44:50 UTC 2013
> # Generated by makepkg 4.1.2
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< builddate = 1371681890
> builddate = 1381510035
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< size = 1777664
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15a16
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Last edited by tgessler (2013-12-18 13:18:05)

µ ² wrote:AFAIK, those numbers are PKGBUILDs pkgrel.
That's right https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pkgbuild#pkgrel
tgessler wrote:The problem occurs whith a propietary program (Mentor Graphics Questa) after updating from freetype2-2.5.0.1-1-x86_64 to freetype2-2.5.0.1-2-x86_64.
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … 613eaaae18
Last edited by karol (2013-12-18 12:51:43)

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