On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:

> hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 10:13:42PM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > When compiling on cobalt, this spins when compiling one .c file with
> > optimisation turned on. Reduce optimisation for mipsel.
> 
> wouldn't be patching the appropriate Makefile and disabling
> optimizations just for the one quilty file enough?  this looks like
> using a cannon to shoot down a flea..

there are several pointers in doc/HACKS to patches which do exactly this.
Its highly annoying, but unfortunately needed a lot.

-dan