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On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 00:14:58 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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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. |
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Providing you are sticking to the same 32 or 64 bit choice, enabling SMP |
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in the kernel should be sufficient, although you may also want to revisit |
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your CFLAGS (I went from Althon64 to Intel Core2Duo so I did have to |
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change CFLAGS). |
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So what if it takes days to emerge -e world? You have a working system |
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that will continue to work while you are recompiling. |
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As far as the build up of cruft on your system is concerned, reinstalling |
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to get rid of it is the windows-esque solution, i.e. it is not a |
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solution at all. You need to learn top keep your system clean with |
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judicious use of emerge --depclean and revdep-rebuild. If a worl update |
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causes you problems now, reinstalling won't fix that, it will merely |
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delay its recurrence. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Why marry a virgin? If she wasn't good enough for the rest of them, then |
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she isn't good enough for you. |
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