Re: Should native compilation be enabled by default?

[Andrea Corallo]

Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:

>>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>     >> From: Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>     >> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:29:20 +0000
>     >> 
>     >> 
>     >> My argument is against the notion that default native compilation
>     >> is a "no brainer". I suggest it's a "some brainer". There are
>     >> issues about what libgccjit flag to pass when compiling, as was
>     >> pointed out in the link, whether two years old or not.
>
>     > What do you mean by "what libgccjit flag to pass when compiling"?
>     > I didn't find anything in that old post which matches that
>     > description.
>
>
> My understanding, reading the reddit link, is that the version XX of
> libgccjit should match that of gcc if the former is to be found. In the
> event that it isn't CC="gcc-XX" should be exported before ./configure. I
> stand corrected if that isn't the case.

If a distro installs a non functional libgccjit that should be a bug
fixed in the distro, I don't think we should work around it changing the
system compiler.

  Andrea