On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 09:29, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Nov 24, 2011 5:13 AM, "Florian Philipp" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Am 23.11.2011 20:48, schrieb Mark Knecht: >> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Paul Hartman >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Pandu Poluan <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm just wondering, what are the benefits & drawbacks of turning on >> >>> "static" USE flag for sys-boot/grub? >> >> >> >> I seem to remember it has something to do with whether you're using >> >> 32bit vs 64bit, but I can't be certain. >> > >> > Fundamentally doesn't it build in any libraries, etc.? I don't know >> > really. >> > >> > I actually use the grub-static package on my systems vs grub and >> > messing with USE flags. I think it was Duncan on the amd64 list that >> > recommended that years ago but I haven't a clue as to what the reason >> > was. >> > >> > - Mark >> > >> >> You are referring to this: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg12619.html >> >> Also be sure not to confuse sys-boot/grub with USE="static" and >> sys-boot/grub-static. grub-static is required for AMD64 with a >> no-multilib profile (because grub is always 32bit and you cannot build >> grub on such a system). If you have a multilib profile, you can use >> sys-boot/grub with USE="-static" just like me: >> >> ldd /sbin/grub >> linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) >> libncurses.so.5 => /lib32/libncurses.so.5 (0xf76bf000) >> libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7535000) >> libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7531000) >> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7733000) >> >> As with all USE="static" flags, there is no real need for a normal >> system unless it helps to avoid a /usr/lib dependency for a /bin or >> /sbin binary which is not the case here. It also doesn't affect the boot >> loader, only its installer. >> > > Thanks, Florian! > > How I wish there's a wiki-style guide explaining USE flags, subtle > differences between packages with similar name, etc. > > ... > > Hmm... I think I'm going to start such a wiki. Unless someone have started > it first. > > Let's see if I can coax my hosting to increase my hosting space without > additional fees... > > Rgds, > > There are already two Gentoo wikis. One official one and one unofficial I > guess you would call it. Why not put the info on one or both of these? >
Uhh... I'm not sure if wiki.g.o or g-w.com will appreciate a sudden addition of 15'308 articles auto-generated from 29'332 ebuilds... [1] I plan to implement the wiki using DokuWiki, and auto-generate the articles using some bash scripts. After the skeleton wiki goes up, then edit *some* of the pages (i.e., the ones I have additional info on, like this discussion of the difference between grub[static] and grub-static). [1] http://packages.gentoo.org/categories/ Rgds, -- FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ • LOPSA Member #15248 • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
