Re: Optimization levels when compiling PostgreSQL...

Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> 
> > I'm thinking about changing this from a beta port to a -devel port
> > that I'll periodically update with snapshots.  I'll turn on -O6 for
> > the -devel port and -O2 for production for now.  If I don't hear of
> > any random bogons in the code I'll see if I can't increase it further
> > to -O3 and beyond at a slow/incremental rate.
> 
> Keep in mind that, while gcc is pretty stable for i386, the higher
> optimization levels (above -O2) do tend to have bogons on other
> processors, that vary with which version of gcc you're running.

Yes, last I heard, FreeBSD/alpha doesn't work in PostgreSQL if compiled
with -O2.  You can see template/freebsd for that alpha flag override.

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