Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Florian Philipp <f.philipp@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install Using another System
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:28:30
Message-Id: 200706051621.34688.f.philipp@addcom.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Install Using another System by "Bo Ørsted Andresen"
1 Am Dienstag 05 Juni 2007 15:32 schrieb Bo Ørsted Andresen:
2 > On Tuesday 05 June 2007 10:53:26 Florian Philipp wrote:
3 > > Please note that Gentoo needs a i486 to work.
4 >
5 > No, it doesn't. It needs at least an i486 CHOST to enable nptl. While nptl
6 > is faster that linuxthreads and thus should be preferred on systems that
7 > support it, it is not required in order to run Gentoo.
8
9 According to this [1] glibc-2.4 does not support linuxthreads any longer.
10 Older versions are available through Portage, though.
11 According to this [2] you have no choice since 2006.1
12
13 [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/Safe_Cflags#i386
14 [2] http://gentoo-wiki.com/NPTL

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Re: [gentoo-user] Install Using another System "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>