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From: MAL <mal@×××××××.com>
To: Tom Eastman <tom@×××××××××××.nz>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Building binary packages for another system
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:02:55
Message-Id: 3DE1687F.9060203@komcept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Building binary packages for another system by Tom Eastman
1 Tom Eastman wrote:
2 > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:25:10PM +0000, MAL wrote:
3 >
4 >>And no, I don't want gnome libs on the laptop :)
5 >>
6 >>For this trivial example, I built xchat on the laptop itself, (taking 25
7 >>odd mins), but for something meatier this presents a problem.
8 >
9 >
10 > I am running Gentoo on a P133 with 40 megs of memory, I've found that using
11 > distcc (The distributed compiler), with the machine networked to my PIII-500
12 > makes most compiles *much* more bearable. This would also prevent the
13 > linking-to-the-wrong-library problem you mentioned.
14 >
15 > As for the xchat/-gnome thing: It is my understanding that '-gnome' can only
16 > remove *optional* features. I believe xchat is actually *written* for Gnome
17 > (or, gtk at least), and therefore you can't compile it without those requisite
18 > libraries.
19 >
20 > Correct me if I'm wrong.
21
22 Fraid so :)
23
24 I mentioned that I compiled it on the laptop itself.. took 25 minutes
25 but did it... still no gnome in sight.
26
27 Thanks for the info tho, I'll scope it out.
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29 MAL
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