Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Dale
Joshua Murphy wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Joshua Murphy wrote: snip Well, I don't see why not. As you say, lack of a proper clean up after a bad shutdown can cause problems. Anything in /run would disappear after a shutdown, clean or not, since

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: [ snip ] Well, given that it's there, it cleans up after itself, and it avoids issues in the instance where /var isn't available early on, is there much reason _not_ to link /var/run and /var/lock over to their

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Grant
I'm debating whether I should hire an expert programmer for $X/hour, or a company of expert programmers for $2X/hour.  It makes sense from a financial perspective to hire programmers directly, but I wonder if there are benefits to hiring a really good company. I'm sorry this is OT, but I bet

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: [ snip ] Well, given that it's there, it cleans up after itself, and it avoids issues in the instance where /var isn't available early on, is

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Jarry
I have read through all replies, but I still did not find answers to my original questions: Q1: Can I somehow reduce the size of /run? I know it is tmpfs and I know this is upper limit normally never achieved, but I want to reduce this upper limit. Is it possible, or is it hard-coded to half of

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:05:46 +0200 Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: I have read through all replies, but I still did not find answers to my original questions: Q1: Can I somehow reduce the size of /run? I know it is tmpfs and I know this is upper limit normally never achieved, but I want to

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 27 May 2012 04:29:17 +, Joshua Murphy wrote: Well, given that it's there, it cleans up after itself, and it avoids issues in the instance where /var isn't available early on, is there much reason _not_ to link /var/run and /var/lock over to their respective equivalents on /run?

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:05:46 +0200, Jarry wrote: I have read through all replies, but I still did not find answers to my original questions: Q1: Can I somehow reduce the size of /run? I know it is tmpfs and I know this is upper limit normally never achieved, but I want to reduce this upper

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 26 May 2012 23:22:22 -0700 Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Extensive testing, on the other hand, is something a team should do. Sure, the lone programmer can write you some unit tests and conduct a system test, but testing itself is a profession of its own and should be done by

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 27.05.2012 08:22, schrieb Grant: I'm debating whether I should hire an expert programmer for $X/hour, or a company of expert programmers for $2X/hour. It makes sense from a financial perspective to hire programmers directly, but I wonder if there are benefits to hiring a really good

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 09:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:05:46 +0200 Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: I have read through all replies, but I still did not find answers to my original questions: Q1: Can I somehow reduce the size of /run? I know it is tmpfs and I

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Grant
I'm debating whether I should hire an expert programmer for $X/hour, or a company of expert programmers for $2X/hour.  It makes sense from a financial perspective to hire programmers directly, but I wonder if there are benefits to hiring a really good company. [snip] Thank you Florian and

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag, 27. Mai 2012, 09:09:26 schrieb Grant: I'll be getting my feet wet with this shortly. Any other tips regarding the management of one or more programmers working on various small web projects? Maybe workflow or any key procedures a newbie manager should follow? seriously? asking

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Grant
I'll be getting my feet wet with this shortly.  Any other tips regarding the management of one or more programmers working on various small web projects?  Maybe workflow or any key procedures a newbie manager should follow? seriously? asking those questions? Get a company. Make it their

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird - Anyone else with this problem?

2012-05-27 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 05/26/2012 12:16 AM, Colleen Beamer wrote: Hi, Ever since the last time Thunderbird was updated when I synced, the process does not die when I shut down Thunderbird. I have to kill it before I can start up Thunderbird again. Is anyone else experiencing this problem. Yes, same here.

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:53:22 -0700 Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'll be getting my feet wet with this shortly.  Any other tips regarding the management of one or more programmers working on various small web projects?  Maybe workflow or any key procedures a newbie manager should

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

2012-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:09:26 -0700 Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm debating whether I should hire an expert programmer for $X/hour, or a company of expert programmers for $2X/hour.  It makes sense from a financial perspective to hire programmers directly, but I wonder if there are

[gentoo-user] Can't emerge any gcc

2012-05-27 Thread Ezequiel Garcia
Hi, I can't emerge any gcc. I tried emerging 4.7, 4.5.3-r2 with no luck. Should I file a bug? Thanks, Ezequiel. --- Checking multilib configuration for libgomp... Configuring stage 1 in i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgomp configure: loading site script /usr/share/config.site configure: loading site

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird - Anyone else with this problem?

2012-05-27 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Colleen Beamer colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Ever since the last time Thunderbird was updated when I synced, the process does not die when I shut down Thunderbird.  I have to kill it before I can start up Thunderbird again.  Is anyone else experiencing

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge any gcc

2012-05-27 Thread William Kenworthy
probably not, you will need some more info as its a bit vague: What does gcc -v say? and gcc-config -l Can you compile anything, either through emerge or manually (i.e., even a small hello world) Need to narrow it down. BillK On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 20:33 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: Hi,

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge any gcc

2012-05-27 Thread Ezequiel Garcia
Hi, On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 8:48 PM, William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au wrote: probably not, you will need some more info as its a bit vague: What does gcc -v say? Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.5/work/gcc-4.4.5/configure

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge any gcc

2012-05-27 Thread Dale
Ezequiel Garcia wrote: Hi, I can't emerge any gcc. I tried emerging 4.7, 4.5.3-r2 with no luck. Should I file a bug? Thanks, Ezequiel. I ran into this a while back and I had to do a emerge -e system then a emerge -e world. I'm not saying to do this yet but if no one posts a fix, you

Re: [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup?

2012-05-27 Thread wenpin cui
Well, what do you expect out of the PRC, anyway? Good luck. Terry This is resulted by company's security policy. I can login in newsgroup at home. It's OK, at lease mailist was not blocked. Thank you. -- Best regards Wenpin Cui (崔文频) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRC Tel: +86-0571-86726288

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge any gcc

2012-05-27 Thread Pandu Poluan
On May 28, 2012 6:39 AM, Ezequiel Garcia elezegar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I can't emerge any gcc. I tried emerging 4.7, 4.5.3-r2 with no luck. Should I file a bug? Thanks, Ezequiel. --- Checking multilib configuration for libgomp... Configuring stage 1 in i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgomp

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 05:17:54PM -0500, Dale wrote I guess the devs are getting ready for the ultimate screwup udev and friends is putting in place. Oh well. This is life. I guess that explains why I have /var/run but no /run on my mdev-based system. G -- Walter Dnes

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?

2012-05-27 Thread Pandu Poluan
On May 28, 2012 9:11 AM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 05:17:54PM -0500, Dale wrote I guess the devs are getting ready for the ultimate screwup udev and friends is putting in place. Oh well. This is life. I guess that explains why I have /var/run but