[arch-general] Compiling Firefox

Nilesh Govindarajan lists at itech7.com
Sun May 30 23:03:08 EDT 2010


On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27 at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 05/30/2010 10:53 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In order to improve firefox's reponse time, I'm thinking of compiling
>> firefox with gcc's -O3 and -march settings from the ABS.
>> Any tips on that matter, about updates, etc. ?
>>
>
> Try firefox-pgo. You have to be careful with gcc options when compiling
> firefox. The AUR's firefox-pgo sets up properly for you.
>


It seems firefox-pgo is for 64bit, but I am on 32bit. I had put up a
thread about upgrading to 64bit, but many suggested that it would not
improve the performance much :(
Should I compile after upgrading ?

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