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Date:      Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:59:20 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r216977 - in head/libexec/rtld-elf: amd64 i386
Message-ID:  <4D24CD98.9080906@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110105185944.GA30449@freebsd.org>
References:  <201101042051.p04KpSGk054564@svn.freebsd.org> <20110105011635.GA4952@freebsd.org> <4D246444.1060904@FreeBSD.org> <20110105185944.GA30449@freebsd.org>

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On 01/05/2011 10:59, Alexander Best wrote:

> judging from the discussion going on right now it seems those flags will be
> grouped together to form a new variable. so things will probably change shortly
> and fixing the order is probably not necessary.

Much better to fix the problem properly now than to rely on future work 
that may or may not happen. I realize that you alluded to this later in 
your message, but I think as a general principle this is worth reinforcing.

> some people have proposed hacking into clang which i personally think is a very
> bad idea. why not contact the clang developers? they might like the idea of a
> switch disabling all advanced extensions for every architecture?

I agree with this. We have a very awkward situation right now with lots 
of local hacks in our version of gcc that in an ideal world we would not 
replicate with clang; particularly considering the much lower barrier to 
entry when it comes to contributing things back.


Doug

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