Linux/Unix internals: x86_64 CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS

Linux Unix internals: x86_64 CFLAGS CXXFLAGS Published: December 29th, 2024 Updated: July 3rd, 2025 As I ve used Gentoo, I ve become curious about what kinds of interesting build flags other systems use to compile their binaries on a global level, as well as what configure-time flags they set on GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and Clang. This article collects these flags for some distributions to…