XF86 Compile Options

Xptos · n00b Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 53 Location: Japan

I was in the process of recompiling xf86 in order to get support for my card. I did "ebuild foo unpack", went to the "work/xc/config/cf/" dir, and created "host.def" with "#define XF86CardDrivers savage vga".

When I started compile, I noticed that it was building as -O2. I had to go to my "host.def" file and add "#define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -O3 -march=i686 -bla -bla" to get it to compile with the proper options.

Is this normal?

Also, once I have made the changes to the sources, do I need to do "emerge foo compile merge", or is remerge the proper option?

mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844

Wouldn't it be easier to modify the ebuild itself, adding a single line to src_unpack()

delta407 · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:24 pm Post subject:

emerge honors your C[XX]_FLAGS variables when compiling, but in your case emerge isn't compiling for you. So, you have to figure out how to get the optimizations settings working the way you want them to. Not a Portage bug.