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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] madwifi-ng not compile in amd64
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:20:25
Message-Id: 200801300220.21430.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] madwifi-ng not compile in amd64 by Beso
1 On Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008, Beso wrote:
2 > the real problem stands in the keyword.... the amd64 would downgrade a lot
3 > of stuff.... before doing it it's better to identify the normal programs,
4 > like kde, gnome, and similar and let them be for the moment as ~amd64....
5 > but at least stuff like, gcc, glibc, baselayout, kernel and some other base
6 > stuff should stay on the amd64 branch.... you won't be able to downgrade
7 > glibc so that one for the moment would stay on the unstable branch.... but
8 > if you don't feel in the mood to downgrade cause the ~amd64 being to
9 > amd64, then just update the profile and you should see something like 100
10 > packages....
11 > also adding --as-needed as LDFLAGS should help you save some time in
12 > recompiling stuff....
13
14 yeah - no. Don't do it. It breaks stuff.
15
16 > the 2gb of ccache would help, but not a lot.... 400+ packages would mean
17 > about 3-4 days on a amd64 2ghz single core, so prepare for a looong time of
18 > compile time.... also the 5 blockers are not good and should be fixed in
19 > some way before proceeding to the recompile....
20
21 no, it would mean something around 12h. Depending on the packages.
22
23
24 > if you decide to modify the use flags when changing profile it's the best
25 > time....
26
27 yeah, check which flags changed, and which ones you really need. That way you
28 might be able to cut down the amount of packages.
29
30 > so my advice is the following:
31 > 1. take some time to look at the use flags (emerge ufed and see a
32 > description of them and also add/remove them from the ufed gui in
33 > make.conf)
34 > 2. add LDFLAGS="--as-needed" into make.conf
35
36 really, don't do it.
37
38 > > Total: 478 packages (1 upgrade, 396 downgrades, 14 new, 1 in new slot,
39 > > 66 reinstalls, 5 blocks), Size of downloads: 480,074 kB
40
41 check your keywords - and blockers are easily solved. Usually you need to
42 unmerge something. And the blocking ebuild tells you what.
43
44
45 And agtdino and Beso:
46
47 DO NOT TOP POST.
48
49 This is not a Windows mailing list.
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[gentoo-amd64] Re: madwifi-ng not compile in amd64 Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] madwifi-ng not compile in amd64 Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com>