[gentoo-user] Migration from single to dual core

2008-01-02 Thread Alan E. Davis
I have been running a machine for a long while. I am beginning to think that the old saw that Gentoo isn't release oriented is hogwash: each installation seems to be more polished, leaving behind a windrove of cruft accumlating over the years. The few times I have installed since my introduction

Re: [gentoo-user] Migration from single to dual core

2008-01-02 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Mittwoch, 2. Januar 2008, Alan E. Davis wrote: So it's back to the old threads about whether 64 bits is superior to 32, etc.  My question now is, given that the system is working damned well now, what is the best way to handle this: recompile everything? Should I recompile gcc and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Migration from single to dual core

2008-01-02 Thread Florian Philipp
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 00:14 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: I have been running a machine for a long while. I am beginning to think that the old saw that Gentoo isn't release oriented is hogwash: each installation seems to be more polished, leaving behind a windrove of cruft accumlating over the

Re: [gentoo-user] Migration from single to dual core

2008-01-02 Thread Florian Philipp
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 00:14 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: So it's back to the old threads about whether 64 bits is superior to 32, etc. My question now is, given that the system is working damned well now, what is the best way to handle this: recompile everything? Should I recompile gcc and

Re: [gentoo-user] Migration from single to dual core

2008-01-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 00:14:58 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: So, again, what differences will there be, that will require immediate adjustment? I have changed to -j3 in make.conf. I have so many packages installed it will take many days to recompile, and, again, I am considering a reinstallation

Re: [gentoo-user] Migration from single to dual core

2008-01-02 Thread Alan E. Davis
I apologize: it isn't clear from my message, that I want to migrate from a single core AMD 64 to a dual core AMD 64X2 processor. I only intended to comment obtusely about 64 vs 32 bits, but I think I muffed that. Your comment about the -CFLAGS was pertinent. Thank you. Alan On Jan 3, 2008