[arch-general] Compiling Firefox

[Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com>wrote:

> 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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it should be for both 32 and 64 bit