Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:17:15 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Ansar Mohammed <ansarm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proflibs Message-ID: <20081011131715.GA63241@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <04b301c92ba1$8704fd70$950ef850$@com> References: <047701c92b4e$512236d0$f366a470$@com> <20081011095851.GA57170@icarus.home.lan> <04b301c92ba1$8704fd70$950ef850$@com>
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On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 09:01:50AM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote: > Are they needed for compiling anything from ports? I have yet to find a port that *requires* profiled libraries. They are only needed for developers wishing to "benchmark" code (determine how long the system/processor stays within a specific function), and use of profiled libraries has to be explicitly requested (using gcc -p). -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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