[SCM] xwax/master: Add bindnow hardening, disable pie for performance reasons

[Jaromír Mikeš]

2016-08-22 17:09 GMT+02:00 Daniel James <daniel at 64studio.com>:
Hi Daniel,

>> I didn't noticed any
>> performance degradation.
>
> Thanks, that's good to know. I've enabled all hardening options in
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-multimedia/xwax.git/commit/?id=0fb08b94d5a4a66ab44c580c8b16c1197c8be510

ok ...

> I am unsure about how to enable parallel build, or if it is supported.
> The doc https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.htm says to use:
>
> DPKG_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=n
>
> and in the note 27:
>
> Packages built with make can often implement this by passing the -jn
> option to make
>
> ...but doesn't suggest a reasonable value for n on Debian's build
> servers. On a dual-core machine I could not find any obvious difference
> when using a value of 2 for these parameters.

I am enabling parallel build simply in d/rules file:
    dh $@ --parallel
I believe that number of processes is given by number of cores on
given server in this case.

best regards

mira