Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 19:31:22 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: chad@dcfinc.com Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), kdulzo@enteract.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAKEDEV: arith: syntax error: "" Message-ID: <199808181931.TAA01909@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:45:02 MST." <199808190145.SAA02887@freebie.dcfinc.com>
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> > > The fix, drop the optimization to -O, at least for sh. I don't > > > know why, noone had an answer to this for me either. make world worked > > > -O2 before, and -O3 broke on groff; now -O3 compiles, but sh is broken :) > > > > Optimiser settings above -O have been known to be broken for literally > > years. Don't use them. > > How about someone fixes the compiler, then? Go for it. See 'egcs' and 'gcc-2.8' for some examples of how easy it might be. Seriously; we don't maintain gcc. Feel free to pester the maintainers about this. Meanwhile, simply be advised that optimiser levels above -O are known to cause problems, and don't yield any significant performance benefits. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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