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[Duane Macolm <d.malcolm AT auckland.ac.nz>]

Does the host.def file get regenerated if if I run "cast -c xfree86" 
because this is what I do and I don't get any of my previously saved 
settings showing up.

Arwed von Merkatz wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 04:54:45PM +1300, Duane Malcolm wrote:
>  
>
> > I THINK the problem has to do with the CONFIGURE script for xfree86, 
> > specifically the "generate_host_def"  function. Where it generates the 
> > host.def file to include the optimization flags using $CFLAGS. But I 
> > have a feeling it doesn't take the USEGCC2 into account when it 
> > generates the file and uses the gcc3 optimization flags. So host.def has 
> > set the gcc3 flags even though it is using gcc2 and cast is setting the 
> > gcc2 optimization flags, I think this explains the repeated optimization 
> > flags.
> >    
>
> Just a note, the host.def file is only regenerated if you cast -r xfree,
> so you have to do this if you changed optimization settings.
>
> --
> Arwed
> aka alley_cat
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