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[wwwdocs] remove "Optimizing the compiler itself" from the FAQ
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 17:40:53 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: [wwwdocs] remove "Optimizing the compiler itself" from the FAQ
...since this is now covered in http://gcc.gnu.org/install/build.html
(Though one of these days we should look into the later and trim it
down, possibly moving some of the more esoteric bits into a "Hacking
GCC" section or the like.)
Gerald
Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/faq.html,v
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diff -u -3 -p -r1.210 faq.html
--- faq.html 25 May 2010 08:55:41 -0000 1.210
+++ faq.html 30 May 2010 15:34:46 -0000
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Information page</a>.</p>
<li><a href="#rpath">libstdc++/libio tests fail badly with --enable-shared</a></li>
<li><a href="#gas">GCC can not find GNU as/GNU ld</a></li>
<li><a href="#environ">cpp: Usage:... Error</a></li>
- <li><a href="#optimizing">Optimizing the compiler itself</a></li>
<li><a href="#iconv">Why does <code>libiconv</code> get linked into <code>jc1</code> on Solaris?</a></li>
</ol></li>
@@ -271,15 +270,6 @@ or end of these variables is an implicit
<hr />
-<h2><a name="optimizing">Optimizing the compiler itself</a></h2>
-
-<p>If you want to test a particular optimization option, it's useful to try
-bootstrapping the compiler with that option turned on. For example, to
-test the <code>-fssa</code> option, you could bootstrap like this:</p>
-
-<pre>make BOOT_CFLAGS="-O2 -fssa" bootstrap</pre>
-
-<hr />
<h2><a name="iconv">Why does <code>libiconv</code> get linked into <code>jc1</code> on Solaris?</a></h2>
<p>The Java front end requires <code>iconv</code>. If the compiler