From: quanstro@quanstro.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: patch/list applied/ape-dumb-autohell-fixes
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:53:36 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43c7c313c0939c705991c30cfa6a2602@quanstro.net> (raw)
i have installed gentoo on a 128M ibm thinkpad 570.
the only annoyance is that gentoo is built for pIII by default and
i had to recompile X. it only took 28 hrs.
- erik
On Tue Feb 14 03:49:05 CST 2006, forsyth@terzarima.net wrote:
> ron is right: supposedly `portable' programs are full of gcc-specific stuff.
> much of it is fairly silly. if you google, somewhere there's a description of
> the unbelievable mess connected with strcmp and strncmp semi-builtins. staggering.
>
> it's much easier just to regard a gcc-based environment as another
> world (which is what is, anyway) and let it be self-contained (as well
> as self-centred). at least plan 9 doesn't care what you do in user
> space, unlike some other systems.
>
> mind you, i'd be happier if linux could run its own programs.
> on a 192mbyte machine with an off-the-cd (errr. dvd) installation,
> apt-get can't update anything because it has exhausted the mmap mappings.
> i'm exhausted too. i'll just reinstall. i'll try ubuntu this time, that seems to work better.
>
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2006-02-13 16:17 ` uriel
2006-02-13 17:29 ` Russ Cox
2006-02-13 19:46 ` uriel
2006-02-13 15:19 ` Russ Cox
2006-02-13 19:51 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-02-13 20:23 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-02-13 20:44 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-02-13 22:54 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-02-14 15:57 ` David Leimbach
2006-02-13 20:21 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-02-13 20:47 ` Steve Simon
2006-02-13 20:55 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-02-13 20:58 ` Steve Simon
2006-02-13 23:02 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-02-13 21:07 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-02-14 0:39 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-02-14 0:41 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-02-14 0:59 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-02-14 0:50 ` Joel Salomon
2006-02-14 0:53 ` Joel Salomon
2006-02-14 1:04 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-02-14 1:12 ` Joel Salomon
2006-02-14 9:47 ` Charles Forsyth
2006-02-14 11:37 ` Brantley Coile
2006-02-14 14:43 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-02-14 10:12 ` Russ Cox
2006-02-14 15:10 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-02-14 15:53 ` David Leimbach
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