From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RV5ph-0003Um-Q7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:21:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26B8D21C217; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:21:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com (mail-ww0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66D3C21C038 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:19:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf22 with SMTP id 22so7692965wwf.4 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:19:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GxBGuS5vDF9NXUi8lJeH4MaqLsJiIm/beGWEAPkLX1o=; b=JLfxb0TPHj6StxMaIvqx3LpLc/ydIg2CW3rBB0xZwaUkNazfr8AB7jh9Hk+Q5s3Z6V ja7cWGFAYToQ07Uol8eVJvvH4f1dxJPsWmsS3cA2YO/06BzHVrsNww3jPDLAG4kyfyL3 mLYu4ZQ0WKlbNyYo6m2XOx3S2wnRndNF26WMY= Received: by 10.227.203.147 with SMTP id fi19mr35168288wbb.14.1322504378608; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:19:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rohan.example.com ([196.215.144.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id db1sm14791965wib.19.2011.11.28.10.19.35 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:19:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:19:31 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: Devs and rice flags (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -j, make -j and make -l ) Message-ID: <20111128201931.31bf50e6@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 41c2dc08-a156-49b1-a6c6-aeb0ff15925b X-Archives-Hash: d52c5a05ef327c089f0d5430c85520b6 On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:54:13 -0800 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Pandu Poluan > wrote: > > > > On Nov 28, 2011 10:38 PM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Pandu Poluan > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Won't file a bug report, though. I have a feeling that my bug > >> > report re: emerge failure will be marked WONTFIX thanks to the > >> > 'ricer special' CFLAGS > >> > >> The CFLAGS you showed me weren't any more ricer than "-O2 > >> -march=native". (I didn't know that -D_FORTIFY=2 came from gcc) > >> > >> They wouldn't have a leg to stand on... > >> > > > > Mine is: > > > > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer -floop-interchange > > -floop-strip-mine -floop-block -funsafe-math-optimizations > > -fexcess-precision=fast" > > > > If you tell me that's not a ricer's CFLAGS, then you've just made > > me a very happy cat :-) > > > > Rgds, > > > > I wonder if someone in this thread will help me understand the term > 'ricer'. The only origin I know of this term, from the car world, is > really pretty racist, so I wonder if there isn't a more genteel origin > I simply cannot find using Google? Japanese youngsters doing bizarre mods to cars that produce absolutely no net gain are indeed the source of the term "ricer". Yes, it is rude and disparaging but it's also the real root of the term. There's no need to politically correct it, the origin is what it is. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com