[oi-dev] gcc default

[Ewald Ertl]

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Jorgen Lundman <lundman at lundman.net> wrote:

>
> After figuring out the sfe repository stuff, we finally managed to install
> gcc-4. OpenIndiana runs nicely in 64bit, and everything is 64bit, including
> perl and perl modules.
>
> And yet, when you use gcc, the default output is 32bit. Does this really
> make sense any more? (on intel at least).
>
> Sure I can add -m64 to everything I compile, (presumably including perl
> modules) but is there no easy way to change the default from -m32 to -m64 ?
>

I can not help directly, but on a Debian 6.0.1 64bit installation, the gcc
is compiling per default to 64bit and the 32bit target must be explicitly
supplied in
the compile line.



> I was stuffing around in the /usr/gcc/4.6/lib/gcc/i386-pc-**
> solaris2.11/4.6.2/plugin/**include/config/i386 area, but it appears to be
> used when compiling gcc. Not after.
>
> Should the default be changed to 64bit in the repository?
>
> Lund
>
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