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| -rw-r--r-- | hints/darwin.sh | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hints/darwin.sh b/hints/darwin.sh index de5857c09e..c2e7606d7b 100644 --- a/hints/darwin.sh +++ b/hints/darwin.sh @@ -51,8 +51,12 @@ if [ "x$optimize" = 'x' ]; then optimize='-O3' fi -# XXX Unclear why we require -pipe and -fno-common here. --Andy Dougherty -# We don't like commons. --Fred Sánchez +# -pipe: makes compilation go faster. +# -fno-common: we don't like commons. Common symbols are not allowed +# in MH_DYLIB binaries, which is what libperl.dylib is. You will fail +# to link without that option, unless you otherwise eliminate all commons +# by, for example, initializing all globals. +# --Fred Sánchez ccflags="${ccflags} -pipe -fno-common" # At least on Darwin 1.3.x: |