e.g. x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -fPIC -DHAVE_STRPTIME=1 -UHAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME -UHAVE_CLOCK_GETRES -Imx/Proxy/mxProxy -I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/usr/include -c mx/Proxy/mxProxy/mxProxy.c -o build-2.7/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7_ucs4/mx-Proxy-mxProxy-mxProxy/mx/Proxy/mxProxy/mxProxy.o there is no user CFLAGS
as in there are no user CFLAGS incorporated by gcc. The line in the ebuild implements a sed statement targeting setup.cfg. optimize = 0 This seems to read as 'a python dev decided to cast aside user flags and we do it ourselves. Need a second higher opinion to confirm this
Fixed in version bump.