[newbie] Compiling Distributed Programs

Doug Ransom newbie@vlug.org
Fri, 27 Feb 2004 06:16:02 -0800


I am finding I need to compile some programs as there is often no RPM 
package for the version I want to play with of some software.

Is there a config setting on my system somewhere where I can specify 
some default compile flags?  I figure if I am going to the bother of 
compiling something, I might as well compile for my processor (AMD 
Athalon) rather than whatever GCC defaults to.

Doug