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My new machine is working & compiles lightning-fast : |
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it feels like the driver of a steam engine hurtling down the tracks |
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(I've just finished a biography of J G Robinson, the UK loco designer). |
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I've just recompiled most of the pkgs listed by 'emerge -ep system', |
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but found a few problems : |
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(1) Gcc 4.5.4 seems to require USE="cxx", not the previous "-nocxx", |
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which was covered by "-*" at the beginning of my list in make.conf . |
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4.5.4 compiled without "cxx" wouldn't recompile itself with "cxx" (!), |
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but I found I could get around the problem by emerging 4.4.5 , |
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then using that to recompile 4.5.4 , after which 4.5.4 did recompile itself. |
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It doesn't hurt to have > 1 version of Gcc installed. |
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(2) Libxml2 failed : I simply left it till tomorrow to find out why. |
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(3) Groff + Openssh have an "X" flag : is this useful ? |
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Python has a "build" flag, which suppressed many deps, |
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but now I'm back in my regular machine |
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'euses' issues a grim warning vs setting it. |
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(4) The ancient distinction between 'world' / 'system' |
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seems to have degenerated into chaos : |
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some pkgs which clearly sb part of 'system' aren't, |
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while others -- eg virtuals -- have been added. |
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Incidentally, I've found out why the system creates many TTYs : |
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they're the equivalent of GUI workspaces = desktops, |
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allowing someone working without X to view different files etc. |
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I'm continually struck by the genius of those who created UNIX in 1969 ... |
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SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb |
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