Local Firefox Builds Run Faster?

[Kurt Wall]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 09:22:29PM -0600, Collins Richey took 30 lines to write:
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 23:03:21 -0400, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> > Ola, list,
> > 
> > I'm running a local build of Firefox to see if it runs faster with
> > some optimizations and customizations my own system enabled. Can any of
> > you who build your own Firefox report whether or not doing something
> > similar has made a noticeable difference for you?
> 
> Back during the 0.9x days, I began to encounter some little mysteries
> with the -bin builds, so now I build from source (gentoo ebuild, of
> course). I never noticed any big difference in speed, but the
> "weirdities" disappeared.

That counts for something.

> FWIW, my standard C/CXX flags settings are 
> 
> CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer"

Thanks, Collins. I'm using "-march=athlon-tbird -Os" for my optimization
options.

BTW, CFLAGS only works for the C compiler (gcc). For the C++ compiler, 
the comparable variable is CXXFLAGS.
 
> HTH,

It does; more datapoints are good. Thanks again.

Kurt
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