Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:01 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... MAKEOPTS=-j1 Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging for problems if you do so. This is a blanket statement that will only slow down compiles for a lot of

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Robert Robinson
On 9/11/05, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:01 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... MAKEOPTS=-j1 Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging for problems if you do so. This is a blanket

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/11/05, Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) The generic portion of CFLAGS consists of those flags that do notbegin with -m.For that part, use -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointerPlease, do *NOT* use -O3 (or higher!!!) or try to unroll every last loop or use every last exotic generic

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:25:40 -0400 Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | It may be simpler to look at | http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html for the Except that it's oh so very wrong... -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/11/05, Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:25:40 -0400 Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:| It may be simpler to look at| http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html for theExcept that it's oh so very wrong...Is it? How so? Just curious because I

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 01:06:54AM -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote I don't necessarily agree with using -* in your USE flags, simply because I think the USE flags in the /etc/make.conf are meant to enhance the builds with options you plan on using. Default USE flags, as identified by the

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:00:17AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:01 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... MAKEOPTS=-j1 Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging for problems if you do so. This

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:25:40AM -0400, Michael Crute wrote It may be simpler to look at http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html for the cflags for the processor. Yikes!!! Let's just say that I strongly disagree with them. 1) I do not consider -O3 to be safe.

[gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-10 Thread Walter Dnes
I've been using Gentoo for several months now, and I've learned, sometimes the hard way, what to do and not to do. Here's the first draft of a mini-FAQ/HOWTO. It can stand alone. If there's another FAQ out there already, maybe the ideas here can be included in it...

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
Not to rain on your parade, Walter, but: 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... MAKEOPTS=-j1 Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging for problems if you do so. I use distcc in my compile farm and have most systems set to -j8 or above. I haven't run