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I have been running a machine for a long while. I am beginning to |
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think that the old saw that Gentoo isn't release oriented is hogwash: |
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each installation seems to be more polished, leaving behind a windrove |
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of cruft accumlating over the years. The few times I have installed |
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since my introduction two years ago have each exposed some more |
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polished installation aspects/details. |
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Be that as it may, I have now installed a new motherboard and CPU. I |
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have moved from a 64 bit AMD single core Athlon 64 to a dual core AMD |
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Athlon 64. The install has gone well, I have had to recompile the |
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kernel before migrating; however, some questions remain. |
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So it's back to the old threads about whether 64 bits is superior to |
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32, etc. My question now is, given that the system is working damned |
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well now, what is the best way to handle this: recompile everything? |
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Should I recompile gcc and the libraries and all compilers. |
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I have to say that this system is pretty solid, but it's been hard to |
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keep up with the housekeeping. And emerge -uDav world has been next |
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to impossible. |
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So, again, what differences will there be, that will require immediate |
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adjustment? I have changed to "-j3" in make.conf. I have so many |
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packages installed it will take many days to recompile, and, again, I |
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am considering a reinstallation of everything. Gentoo has cured me of |
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that weakness for constant upgrades and installs, even while |
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convincing me of the excellence of compiling for the machine. |
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Alan Davis |
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Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan lngndvs@×××××.com |
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"It's never a matter of liking or disliking ..." |
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---Santa Ynez Chumash Medicine Man |
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