[gentoo-user] Re: Re: [OT] which forum app to use?
* On Jun 5 3:20, Andrew Gaydenko (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Thanks! - I'll see them. It is interesting, they are not present in the portage tree. I find that odd myself, but at least they're very easy to install. Glad I could help - I think you'll like those forums. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] which forum app to use?
* On Jun 5 1:51, Andrew Gaydenko (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: I have found Gentoo team uses phpBB forum app. OTOH, this app is masked in portage: phpBB has had a lot of security problems, but the Gentoo folk use a highly modified version that fixes security issues and adds some useful features. It's not really worth using yourself, though, with all the better options that exist today. The question is: which forum app to use?? I recommend punbb (punbb.org) for a classic-style forum, and vanilla (getvanilla.com) for a change of pace. Both are modern, sleek, compact, and easy to use. And best of all, safer than phpBB... Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: kde-meta minus toys, games, etc
* On Jun 2 20:21, Mick (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: What's the best way to find out what -meta packages exist eix 'kde.*-meta' and what they contain? The KDE website is pretty good for that - see here: http://kde.org/whatiskde/project.php#distribution Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: EMERGENCY - GCC GONE!
* On May 31 16:28, Lord Sauron (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: This is - for me - an emergency. No pun intended. Just a quick note in addition to the good advice given in the rest of the thread. One of the Gentoo devs (I forget which, but I'm sure someone knows) keeps a bunch of tarballs on a server that can be used for emergency restoration. It has things like pre-compiled gcc packages, glibc, python, etc. from a working Gentoo system, and compiled for bare-bones hardware so it'll work anywhere. Actually, it's saved my butt a few times now. You can just download gcc from there, and install with emerge -K. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow
* On May 27 11:29, Lord Sauron (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: At this rate, I'm inclined to recommend Kuroo to all of you. I've been kicking the tires in on it, and it's really quite good. I have a feeling that, given people who extensively discuss the merits of esearch vs. eix, you're not going to convince them to use a portage frontend ;) (PS - eix all the way - it also has customizable formatting and more powerful expressions) Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: GCC 4.1.1 Problems
* On May 27 11:40, Jason Weisberger (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: I figure upgrading to GCC 4.1.1 from 3.4.5 wouldn't be such a pain, right? WRONG. I wanted to give it a day or two of use before I commented, but I recently upgraded to GCC 4.1.1 and rebuilt most of my system. I have yet to experience a single issue. So far, I'm nothing but impressed. This includes perl-cleaner, though I used version 1.04 - and I believe your issues were due to the older version, not GCC. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow
* On May 25 21:45, Lord Sauron (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: I'm learning Gentoo as fast and as much as I can! Cool! I hope you like it as much as the others here - it's a great system for a lot of uses. I've fixed many problems by myself that you haven't heard about because I managed to fix them myself. I'm not as idiotic as some, but I'm not at all familiar with portage and that's why I'm asking: I'm a hardened apt-get veteran, but with portage I'm still learning, which is why I ask. I wasn't trying to be rude, and you're certainly not idiotic - I just think it's to everyone's benefit to read the docs. Gentoo has very good documentation. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow
* On May 25 11:45, Lord Sauron (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: I've found (after much exploration) that there is a archive: /portage-20060123.tar.bz2 This is just a remnant from when you installed Gentoo. You can delete that file. Portage is already using uncompressed files under /usr/portage - that tarball is just a starter tarball that portage bootstraps itself with during the initial Gentoo installation. I also think that there's another file, /metadata.tar.bz2, which I think is portage-related. If possible I'd like to uncompress that as well. I've never seen a metadata tarball. metadata.xml is something portage keeps uncompressed in /usr/portage for every package. It takes about as long to start going as it does to open the archive /portage-20060123.tar.bz2 - conincidence? I think not! I think so ;) Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: OT - which X terminal do you use?
* On May 16 21:38, Alexander Skwar (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: - Tabs - Easy way to paste from clipboard (I'm not talking about primary selection) You can use multi-aterm for tabs if you want, though personally I see no need to. You have 10 instantly-accessible tabs with screen, which provides additional benefits as well. If you use more than 10 tabs frequently, it would seem easier to just use multiple windows, but that's preference I suppose. As for copy/paste, I'll give you that. However, screen once again provides that functionality between its own windows. If I'm in console mode, that's sufficient, and if I'm in X, middle-click pasting works just fine between GUIs, whether they support copy/paste or not. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Spam, spam, spam
* On May 16 19:03, JimD (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Is there a good spam filter out there? One that is not a pain to setup and use? I'd recommend spamassassin. I've tried all of the popular spam filters, including SA, dspam, and bogofilter, including many of the plugins and smaller filters in portage, and only spamassassin is reliable. It uses more than just bayesian filters that can be tricked too easily, which gives the added benefit of a small training time. There's also a bigger spamassassin user base, which means more prewritten rules and help. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: OT - which X terminal do you use?
* On May 9 19:33, Neil Bothwick (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: I am writing a comparative review of a number of X terminals, so I thought I'd draw on the collective wisdom of this list. which are your most/least favourite X terminals, and why? I use aterm exclusively. It opens instantly, never lags, looks good, uses less resources than any other terminal I've seen, and is pretty customizable. Not sure what else you could want, honestly. Just add screen, rinse, repeat. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: synaptics touchpad stop working after starting a gtk app
* On Mar 21 12:43, Mauro Faccenda (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: If I use the synaptics driver, my touchpad stop working after starting a GTK app (tried vmware, grkellm2, firefox). It doesn't occours when I'm using a mouse driver for it. But I want to use some advantages in synaptics driver. Can you give us any more details about your system? I'm using the synaptics driver as well, on an ALPS trackpad (Dell Inspiron 6000) and GTK apps work fine. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout
* On Feb 17 16:16, Neil Bothwick (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote:
net.eth0 isn't actually failing when ifplugd detects no cable. It is
shown as inactive rather than stopped. You could try starting the
interface from /etc/conf.d/local only if eth0 is not active with
etc/init.d/net.eth0 status --quiet | echo /etc/init.d/eth1 start
I meant to say inactive rather than failed, you're correct. You're also
right that I could start my wireless from local.start, but this wouldn't
*quite* solve the problem.
The issue is that even though ifplug recognizes that eth0 is inactive,
baselayout isn't starting eth1 instead; it just seems to skip eth1 (even
though it's on the same runlevel), and any net-dependent rc scripts after
that say they'll start when net.eth0 starts. I'd like them to start when
*any* net.eth* starts.
The funny thing is, if net.eth0 succeeds in starting, then it *will*
start eth1 immediately after. Just the opposite of the expected - it
only starts the alternate interface when you don't need it!
You should also edit /etc/conf.d/net to shut down eth1 when eth0
detects a cable. I have this as the preup function
preup() {
[ ${IFACE} == eth0 ] /etc/init.d/net.eth1 --quiet status
/etc/init.d/net.eth1 pause
return 0
}
Thanks for this - it looks quite handy. Is preup() executed after ifplug
notices a connection? When does postup() occur, if that's the case?
I'm having another funny problem today that I can't work out - DHCP
stopped working for wireless. I odn't think I've changed anything. DHCP
works fine on the wired connection, and wireless works fine if I set an
explicit IP, but not with DHCP. Perhaps something related to the newest
baselayout?
Thanks,
Tom
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[gentoo-user] Re: net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout
* On Feb 17 9:46, Neil Bothwick (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Note that the latest baselayout supports ifplugd itself. You only need to emerge ifplugd, you don't need to configure it or add it to a runlevel. I'm having a similar problem, and I'm using ifplugd via baselayout. (net.eth0 and net.eth1 starting by default runlevel, not ifplugd.) However, when I start my laptop, only net.eth0 is started even if a wireless signal exists. Obviously, I'd like net.eth1 (wireless) started if net.eth0 fails. In /etc/conf.d/net, I've tried both the wpa_supplicant and iwconfig modules for eth1, with the ifplugd module, and nothing is attempted automatically. I have to either manually iwconfig eth1 or restart /etc/init.d/net.eth1 to get a connection. Any ideas why it's not starting automatically? Tom pgpAxBWzF5cX5.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: what does this mean?
* On Feb 16 14:03, Nick Smith (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: # /etc/init.d/spamd start * Starting spamd... [18773] error: persistent_udp: no such method at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 99 [ ok ] I haven't seen this error specifically, but I've had plenty of errors from DnsResolver.pm after some recent upgrades. It doesn't seem to affect spamassassin, but still, I'd be interested to hear whether anyone's tracked it down... Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: A new experience an account on gentoo without root priv
* On Feb 6 12:34, Steven S. (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Not that I know of. I believe you have to be root to use emerge. You should be able to cat the ebuild and download the tarball yourself, you could then run the configure and install scripts, giving it the location of where to install. You can join the portage group to use most emerge functions as a non-root user. You should be able to set the $ROOT variable to ~ to install things to your home directory, though I haven't tried it... ROOT is normally /; it controls where files go after the sandbox. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: RR4 Linux
* On Feb 6 21:11, Christoph Eckert (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: did anyone notice RR4 Linux on It's based on Gentoo and it has an hard drive installer; is it a cool thing to get a base Gentoo installed? I've used RR4 for quite a while as a LiveCD for installing (and troubleshooting) Gentoo. I wouldn't recommend copying it directly to your hard drive for a base install, though, as it's quite bloated. It has a lot of nice utilities to perform installs though. Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] World Of Warcraft - Works like MAGIC on Gentoo
* On Dec 18 10:14, Jeff (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Just to let you guys know, not that it means anything special, but WoW works like a DREAM on Gentoo. I know this isn't a help with the mouse pointer fix, but did you do anything special to get WoW to run? I tried every patch I found but none helped. (As a note, I assume you've checked the WoW thread in the Gentoo forums?) I kept having trouble. If I used -opengl, the game would crash after char select, after all the files loaded - just before anything displayed, it bombed. If I used the native directx, the game would load, but the textures were completely wonky. Tom pgpgP35OUAVLV.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Bug, or PEBKAC?
I installed liboil 0.3.3 this morning, from an emerge sync done around 8:30 am EST, with no troubles. (As for the other reply - I use ccache as well, so that's not it.) emerge info attached. Tom * On Oct 12 19:52, Holly Bostick (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: I've been trying to run an emerge -uaDtv world for the past couple of days, and dev-libs/liboil fails to upgrade from 0.3.2 to 0.3.3 with the following error: Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 Portage 2.0.52-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.12-morph7 i686) = System uname: 2.6.12-morph7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.13 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86 ~x86 AUTOCLEAN=yes CBUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funit-at-a-time CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funit-at-a-time DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles FEATURES=autoconfig candy ccache confcache digest distlocks parallel-fetch prelink sandbox sfperms strict userpriv userpriv_fakeroot usersandbox GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo; MAKEOPTS=-j2 PKGDIR=/usr/portage/packages PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp PORTDIR=/usr/portage PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage USE=x86 3dnow X acpi alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl directfb dvd dvdr emboss encode fam firefox foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnutls gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ithreads java jpeg kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww mad maildir mmx mmxext mono mp3 mpeg ncurses nptl offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pcre pdflib perl pic png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl sqlite sse ssl svga tcpd threads truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS pgp1P0fjgGUsn.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: auto-email on reboot?
* On Sep 21 16:44, Holly Bostick (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: And you know, it just occurred to me-- isn't there a kernel option or an option somewhere that I can't remember right now, to enable or disable auto-rebooting on severe errors/kernel panics, something like that? [~] grep panic /etc/sysctl.conf # When the kernel panics, automatically reboot in x seconds kernel.panic = 10 Tom pgpDRSRuKlzrC.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?
* On Sep 2 20:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: seems that nobody likes FVWM Hey, I use FVWM and love it, have for a long time ;) FVWM is small, ultimately customizable, and can do everything any other WM can do, with a bit of work. Virtually any dreamable interface is possible with it. This can be a bit daunting, though, so when I was setting it up I found a fairly good base (taviso's, I believe) and customized the heck out of it. Now it's perfect for me, and I just can't get rid of it. I've tried pretty much every other option, but only FVWM can scratch everyone's exact itch - if they're patient. Tom pgptAgFGN6VLu.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: DVD recorder recommendations
* On Aug 19 15:42, Sean Johnson (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke on. Another strong recommendation for Plextor here. I've had my PX-712A for a while now and it's been fantastic - never a single problem with any type of disc. Definitely consider them. You can usually find them for around the same price as the others on newegg.com. Tom pgpu2gJBfDgfK.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: DVD recorder recommendations
* On Aug 21 15:37, Volker Armin Hemmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: it has to, because all tests I read said, that Plextor burns a lot of errors onto the dvds... so they have to have a good error-correction, or they would not be able to read their own stuff. Not sure I buy that. I've used my Plextor-burned discs in plenty of other computers and they haven't had any trouble reading them, either. They didn't earn their reputation for quality by making coasters. Tom pgpNaXMplEl6b.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo not detecting full amount of memory
* On Jul 24 15:46, Mark Shields (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Any ideas? All the comments about enabling 4G highmem are correct - the kernel can't address a full gig without it. However, enabling this slightly slows down your memory, and some people choose to keep it off for speed unless they're using the full gig. Another option, better imho, is to use a kernel with the 1g_lowmem patch (originally from -ck patchset) or to patch it in yourself, which enables exactly 1 gig of memory at full speed. The patch for kernel 2.6.12 is available here: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.12/2.6.12-ck3/patches/1g_lowmem1_i386.diff If you need it for a different kernel version, start here: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/ Tom pgpBOQkDjRNzr.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Alternatives to xdm/gdm?
* On Jun 19 15:32, Jean Magnan de Bornier (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: You might want to try qingy, if framebuffer works on this machine cheers, Another vote for qingy. I've been using it for a long time now, it's very light, stable, and configurable, with no deps other than directfb. Tom pgpNcCEbgQhCs.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: handling folders with spaces
* On Jun 18 20:41, timothy johnson (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: trying to play starcraft, got it installed but it installed it to Program Files, now I have to get the the exe in a term but I cant seem to cd to Program Files cause of the space. Any ideas on how to get around this??? In general, you can escape a space in your shell by prefixing it with a backslash, for example Program\ Files. If you actually use quotes, you don't need the backslash. You can also use tab-completion, if available, by just typing Program and hitting tab. As a side note, please fix your mail client - it's sending mail to gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org and gentoo-user@gentoo.org, only the latter of which is correct, and we're all receiving two copies. Tom pgp0ZxEQ7aA3z.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Secure web document
* On Jun 14 9:46, Heinz Sporn (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: 2. Convert the information to a graphic format and use that as background image. No browser is able to directly download background images (in the moment). Not true - any Mozilla-based browser can do it rather easily. On Firefox, just go to Tools - Page Info - Media. As for the point at hand, the most obfuscated option I can think of is Flash, which would be a royal pain to get text out of other than for viewing purposes. Add some HTTP authentication and it'd be moderately secure, but I wouldn't bet on it if they were dedicated. You could also use some protected pdfs, eBooks, whatever Adobe calls their crap... Tom pgpt57gXn4bzk.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Sync only installed and dependence packages with portage.
* On Jun 13 16:42, Qian Qiao (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: As the title suggested, I've got a box with very limited disk space, is it possible to sync only the packages currently installed and their dependencies with the portage tree and leave out the rest? I'll assume you're clearing out /usr/portage/distfiles, which you don't really need once things are installed. As for your suggestion, I don't think it's possible, but you can set the following in /etc/make.conf - RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes Then, use /etc/portage/rsync_excludes to list top-level categories that you don't want rsync to get. For example, my file is the following: app-emacs app-i18n app-laptop app-xemacs dev-ada games-kids gnustep-apps gnustep-base gnustep-libs media-radio media-tv net-wireless sys-cluster I don't use any of those, and they don't contain deps of anything I do use, so I don't see the purpose of wasting everyone's bandwidth. (Actually, the list could probably use a few additions, I haven't touched it in around a year.) Tom pgp8rTlmfkvpW.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: CFLAGS CPU optimization question.
* On May 24 13:37, Mitko Moshev (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Put -pipe in there too, it speeds up compiling (or so I've heard). Right! I forgot -pipe, that one's good. Unless you have bad RAM that you're trying to use as little as possible, or some such thing... Right now I use CFLAGS=-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer. -O3 isn't worth it. It would give you no more than a few percent (around 2-3) faster binaries, but they would compile longer (confirmed by a friend, he recently switched to -O2) and be larger. Yeah, the larger binaries just cause more disk access (the real choking point) and can cause some overflow out of cache with certain processors. It's best to enable individual O3-enabled flags as you need, though you really shouldn't need. Tom pgp9nRMKqlKoj.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: next step X
* On May 13 9:06, Mark Knecht (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: My world file is 235 lines long. How screwed up is that really? How long it yours? My world file is 135 lines, and I run a fairly minimalist desktop system (no DE, just good ole fvwm). For a system with kde, gnome, and fluxbox, 235 doesn't seem out of line at all. Just glancing through the file I spot very few things that wouldn't be installed whether they were in in the world file or not, but I do have 28 gnome entries and certainly some of them are not end user Gnomish things, like gnome-base/librsvg. I presume this is the 'cruft' you're talking about? (Not that I was talking about, but) yes, that sort of thing is world-file cruft. You can delete pretty much any library from world, unless you specifically need it, such as if you're a developer who works with it (and in that case, you'd know.) The general rule is to delete anything you don't recognize and use directly. You can `emerge -pv depclean` to check if there any straggler programs that you still want, but portage won't remove anything that can hurt you as long as you have your important apps in world (which covers deps) and you've checked an `emerge -pvD --newuse world` for changed USE flags. I have a problem with Portage and Gnome specifically. If I want to emerge Gnome portage wants to emerge in Evolution. I don't use Evolution but I didn't know how to get what I wanted (Gentoo is about choice even if Gnome is not...) so I emerged the pieces and got what I wanted. (And a longer world file...) How should I have gone about getting Gnome without Evolution? You should use the gnome-light package, which only includes essentials, rather than the bloated gnome package, which is designed to match upstream. What I did when I used gnome was to create a gnome-medium package in my overlay that included gnome-light and the other gnome apps I wanted. That keeps the system clean for you and covers deps. Each person's gnome-medium would vary, of course. Tom pgpfHSjUrXd0A.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: next step X
* On May 13 20:30, Neil Bothwick (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: emerging kde, gnome and fluxbox instead of fvwm would oonly make the world file two lines longer :) If you only install the meta-ebuilds, that's true... Perhaps I should have prefaced it with a 'YMMV', but if you have three DEs (or two and a WM) you tend to have a lot of complimentary apps installed to go with each, increasing your world-count. That is, unless you make custom ebuilds ala gnome-medium :) Tom pgpr7FP8GKg2l.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: glibc
* On Apr 29 13:06, Jose Moreira (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Is this normal? It's normal for an emerge -e system, yes, but you don't need to do that for simply recompiling glibc. Tom pgpaxZMuQVDUN.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: glibc
* On Apr 29 15:21, Jose Moreira (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: i think my sistem is a little messed up, because of locales: Is your /etc/locales.build file correct? If you don't have all the languages you want specified there, you'll be lacking some important ones... (if some are missing, fix that file and rebuild glibc) By the way, if you're setting up userlocales now, you may want to check out app-admin/localepurge to remove the old, unused ones. Tom pgpXHfGXXaNyQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: emerge ideas
* On Apr 25 22:17, Devraj Mukherjee (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: 1. Emerge with a time delay, so that one can specify big emerge tasks for say midnight for proper bandwidth usage etc. I know you can do this with a combination of utilites (such as cron) but it would be neat to have it as part of emerge. I know you're discussing things that could be usefully integrated into portage, but sys-process/at is *exactly* the tool for this job, much more suitable than cron. It's designed for one-time jobs like this. 2. Background downloading, of packages while emerge compiles other packages. For example when I am compiling something huge like GNome, while a package like GTK is being compiled, emerge should be clever and download the next package and save time. This is one of the longest requested features in portage, see: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661 (bug 1661!) I believe some work has been put into this recently, and it became even easier after the distlocks FEATURE was added (and parallel-fetch is coming soon). Tom pgpzh2RerK8vP.pgp Description: PGP signature
