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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@koprulu.sector>2023-04-17 05:52:09 +0100
committerV3n3RiX <venerix@koprulu.sector>2023-04-17 05:52:09 +0100
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code is therefore compatible with i686 at the earliest.
</flag>
<flag name="d">Enable support for the D programming language</flag>
+ <flag name="debug">
+ Enables GCC's 'checking' facility via --enable-checking=yes,extra,rtl.
+
+ This adds checks to various compiler passes for integrity and input
+ validation. This can help catch possible miscompilations early as
+ well as latent bugs which could become real problems in future, but
+ at the cost of slower compile times when using GCC.
+
+ Unrelated to backtraces.
+ </flag>
<flag name="default-stack-clash-protection">
Build packages with stack clash protection on by default as
a hardening measure.