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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 09:29, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Nov 24, 2011 5:13 AM, "Florian Philipp" <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> Am 23.11.2011 20:48, schrieb Mark Knecht: |
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>> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Paul Hartman |
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>> > <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> |
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>> >> wrote: |
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>> >>> I'm just wondering, what are the benefits & drawbacks of turning on |
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>> >>> "static" USE flag for sys-boot/grub? |
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>> >> |
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>> >> I seem to remember it has something to do with whether you're using |
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>> >> 32bit vs 64bit, but I can't be certain. |
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>> > Fundamentally doesn't it build in any libraries, etc.? I don't know |
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>> > really. |
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>> > |
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>> > I actually use the grub-static package on my systems vs grub and |
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>> > messing with USE flags. I think it was Duncan on the amd64 list that |
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>> > recommended that years ago but I haven't a clue as to what the reason |
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>> > was. |
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>> > |
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>> > - Mark |
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>> > |
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>> |
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>> You are referring to this: |
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>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-amd64@l.g.o/msg12619.html |
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>> |
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>> Also be sure not to confuse sys-boot/grub with USE="static" and |
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>> sys-boot/grub-static. grub-static is required for AMD64 with a |
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>> no-multilib profile (because grub is always 32bit and you cannot build |
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>> grub on such a system). If you have a multilib profile, you can use |
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>> sys-boot/grub with USE="-static" just like me: |
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>> |
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>> ldd /sbin/grub |
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>> linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) |
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>> libncurses.so.5 => /lib32/libncurses.so.5 (0xf76bf000) |
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>> libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7535000) |
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>> libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7531000) |
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>> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7733000) |
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>> As with all USE="static" flags, there is no real need for a normal |
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>> system unless it helps to avoid a /usr/lib dependency for a /bin or |
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>> /sbin binary which is not the case here. It also doesn't affect the boot |
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>> loader, only its installer. |
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> Thanks, Florian! |
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> How I wish there's a wiki-style guide explaining USE flags, subtle |
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> differences between packages with similar name, etc. |
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> ... |
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> Hmm... I think I'm going to start such a wiki. Unless someone have started |
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> it first. |
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> Let's see if I can coax my hosting to increase my hosting space without |
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> additional fees... |
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> |
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> Rgds, |
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> There are already two Gentoo wikis. One official one and one unofficial I |
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> guess you would call it. Why not put the info on one or both of these? |
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> |
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Uhh... I'm not sure if wiki.g.o or g-w.com will appreciate a sudden |
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addition of 15'308 articles auto-generated from 29'332 ebuilds... [1] |
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I plan to implement the wiki using DokuWiki, and auto-generate the |
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articles using some bash scripts. After the skeleton wiki goes up, |
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then edit *some* of the pages (i.e., the ones I have additional info |
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on, like this discussion of the difference between grub[static] and |
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grub-static). |
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[1] http://packages.gentoo.org/categories/ |
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Rgds, |
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