Re: Linux templates

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> We've got 7 linux templates all doing the same thing, and one more
> (s390) coming up. How about putting them all into one?
>
> Any news on why linux_alpha defines CPU=alpha, which
> is used in backend/storage/ipc/Makefile:
>
> ifeq ($(CPU),alpha)
> ifeq ($(CC), gcc)
> CFLAGS+= -fno-inline
> endif
> ifeq ($(CC), egcs)
> CFLAGS+= -fno-inline
> endif
> endif

For some reason, alpha was not defined on some platforms, I think.

>
> (Certainly a compiler bug -- what's the latest on that?)
>
> and in backend/utils/adt/Makefile:
>
> ifeq ($(CPU),alpha)
> ifeq ($(CC), gcc)
> CFLAGS+= -mieee
> endif
> ifeq ($(CC), egcs)
> CFLAGS+= -mieee
> endif
> endif
>
> (Reading the documentation on this, it seems that we should perhaps
> compile the entire source with -mieee, rather than having certain parts
> work more "correctly" than others.)

There was some goofy problem in the past with this flag, and making it
happen only in certain places helped some problem. I don't really
remember the cause at this point. CVS log may show it.

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