auto/{cc,options}: Removed unnecessary compiler flags #990
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The build system should not unconditionally set compilation flag that vary a lot between each user and, as a result, are meant to be toggled individually by distribution/developer/end user.
Among these flags are the options that control program optimisation, debug symbols, the
-pipeoptions and-Werror.-Werrormight be harmful since compilers continuously add warnings so the users of new compilers may unexpectedly fail to compile njs since-Werroris set.The compilation flags should be supplied in the standard CFLAGS environment variable.
Proposed changes
We hit this problem while packaging njs. The build system appends two
-O, a-pipeand a-gto CFLAGS even if the user doesn't have these flags in their CFLAGS. I believe, the correct solution is to not unconditionally add any non-warning CFLAGS.Checklist
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