Re: Qt compile options (-fno-exceptions?)
> A while ago I read a thread on dot.kde.org
> (http://dot.kde.org/971098890/971103495/971105912/971161255), stating that
> in order to obtain good performance with KDE2 one had to compile qt with
> the option -fno-exception added to the CXXFLAGS. And then there was
> someone stating that this would essentially disable error handling - maybe
> not a good idea. Do KDE2 applications or libraries use exceptions?
>
> I didn't find an answer to this on the various mailing lists and was
> wondering how Ivan's Potato packages were built. If they are built without
> -fno-exceptions, should I consider recompiling my own, given the "huge
> performance boost" people were talking about? What do I risk?
> The thread I cited is _old_ (before KDE2.0 final). Maybe all of this isn't
> an issue anymore?
QT packages (both potato and woody) are compiled without exceptions. I
started doing this when it was first suggested (came across the KDE
packagers mailing list).
Ivan
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