GCC_OPTIONS

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 09:51:56AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 08:26:52PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 08:30:13AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 11:07:46AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > > Guess what was in GCC_OPTIONS.  In short, we don't support
> > > > GCC_OPTIONS.  It isn't even mentioned in gcc(1) or GNU info
> > > > files.
> > > 
> > > We, FreeBSD, are the ones that added it.  That's why it isn't mentioned
> > > in the GNU docs.
> > > 
> > : revision 1.20
> > : date: 2001/05/29 09:54:45;  author: obrien;  state: Exp;  lines: +53 -1
> > : Support the environmental var "GCC_OPTIONS".  Which can hold a set of
> > : default options for GCC.  These options are interpreted first and can be
> > : overwritten by explicit command line parameters.  This provides one way of
> > : adding [temporary] options to your world build w/o editing /etc/make.conf.
> > 
> > So this is only to add temporary options to the default CFLAGS,
> > where simple
> > 
> > 	make CFLAGS="`make -V CFLAGS` -foo -bar"
> > 
> > would do just fine?  Are there any other reasons behind adding
> > this variable?
> 
> Say I always want -g, or -save-temps, or any of several other options.
> It is easier to add GCC_OPTIONS to ~/.<shell> than always type it on the
> command line.  We also have DIFF_OPTIONS, GREP_OPTIONS.  I guess you
> don't need to take it into account, but should a weird bug report crop
> up, it is something to keep in mind.
> 
Then could you at least please document it in the gcc(1) manpage?


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