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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:53:36 -0600
From: quanstro@quanstro.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: patch/list applied/ape-dumb-autohell-fixes
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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.
>