On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 08:05:26PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > >> > > I'll also note that most of my non-LFS linux experience is with the > > kernel. So, I know that documentation is not to be trusted. > > > > Maybe the bash version/patch we are using doesn't match the > > manpage. Or maybe it's something specific to my scripts. I'm > > merely reporting my results. If you have a 64-bit-capable x86 > > processor on which i686 builds by the book, then you can ignore this. > > I haven't tried that in several years. Are you using a 32-bit kernel? > Yes, the host system was LFS-7.2-i686, built on an old x86_64 machine and copied to the currnent one. In theory, a 64-bit kernel would give me an extra GB of RAM on that box (well, it does in the 7.0 and 7.1 64-bit systems I copied to it), but for the moment it is plain 32-bit in that system.
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