[GRASS5] -fwritable-strings

[Markus Neteler]

Hi all,

from a SuSe developer I got this recommentation (perhaps he
did not think about).

Well, only ps.map on Linux need the -fwritable-strings.
Maybe Radim has improved it already in his current version?
I am not shure. The old ps.map did not work without
-fwritable-strings.

I will take it out of configure. Maybe it could be selectably
added to ps.map on Linux, if required.

Further suggestions are required...

Thanks

 Markus


On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 01:08:36PM +0000, Justin Hickey wrote:
> Hi Markus
> 
> Regarding the use of -fwritable-strings, the gcc man page has the following:
> 
> -fwritable-strings
>               Store string constants in the writable data segment
>               and don't uniquize them.  This is for compatibility
>               with old programs which assume they can write  into
>               string constants.  `-traditional' also has this ef<AD>
>               fect.
> 
>               Writing into string constants is a very  bad  idea;
>               "constants" should be constant.
> 
> So why do we want to use this feature if it is bad and obsolete?
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Jazzman (a.k.a. Justin Hickey)  e-mail: jhickey at hpcc.nectec.or.th
> High Performance Computing Center
> National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
> Bangkok, Thailand
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