On 30.06.2010 15:48, Shoka wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I'm trying to build kind of a minimal gentoo setup with X support. All I
> need is
>
> - X11 and a Window Manager
> - Mozilla Firefox
> - Lighttpd
>
> I use Gnome at this time.
>
> du reports the following directories as the biggest directori
On Wednesday 30 June 2010 17:18:48 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers
> believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."
No, that's only software engineers. Real engineers would have no truck
with it.
--
Rgds
Peter.
On 01/07/10 00:52, Crístian Viana wrote:
>> What do you mean by "reducing to one source tree"?
>>
>
> inside /usr/src, there may be more than one subdirectory, one for each
> kernel version you've ever had. you can purge the older kernel directories,
> just "rm -rf" on them. do not delete your
On 6/30/10, Shoka wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I'm trying to build kind of a minimal gentoo setup with X support. All I
> need is
>
> - X11 and a Window Manager
> - Mozilla Firefox
> - Lighttpd
>
> I use Gnome at this time.
>
> du reports the following directories as the biggest directories on my
> s
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:05:30 -0700, Kyle Bader wrote:
> > I'd certainly argue that. A single set of sources can take up more
> > than half a gigabyte after compilation. If you use make install to
> > install the kernel, it puts a backup of the config in /boot
> > automatically.
>
> It is also g
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:54:20 -0500, Dale wrote:
Since space is a issue for you, you really only need the kernel sources
for the kernel you are using. One could argue that if you have a well
built kernel and don't plan to change it in the future, you could
remove its so
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Kyle Bader wrote:
>>> Since space is a issue for you, you really only need the kernel sources
>>> for the kernel you are using. One could argue that if you have a well
>>> built kernel and don't plan to change it in the future, you could
>>> remove its sources too
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Shoka wrote:
> On 30.06.2010 15:56, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>>
>> /usr/src could be reduced to one source tree.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Mark
>>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Unfortunately I don't fully understand. What do you mean by "reducing to
> one source tree"?
>
> Regards
> andré
>
>
>> Since space is a issue for you, you really only need the kernel sources
>> for the kernel you are using. One could argue that if you have a well
>> built kernel and don't plan to change it in the future, you could
>> remove its sources too. I would save a copy of the config tho.
>
> I'd certai
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:54:20 -0500, Dale wrote:
> Since space is a issue for you, you really only need the kernel sources
> for the kernel you are using. One could argue that if you have a well
> built kernel and don't plan to change it in the future, you could
> remove its sources too. I woul
Shoka wrote:
On 30.06.2010 15:56, Mark Knecht wrote:
/usr/src could be reduced to one source tree.
HTH,
Mark
Hi Mark,
Unfortunately I don't fully understand. What do you mean by "reducing to
one source tree"?
Regards
andré
If you have more than one kernel source installed,
>
> What do you mean by "reducing to one source tree"?
inside /usr/src, there may be more than one subdirectory, one for each
kernel version you've ever had. you can purge the older kernel directories,
just "rm -rf" on them. do not delete your current kernel directory: use
"eselect kernel list" (
On 30.06.2010 15:56, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
> /usr/src could be reduced to one source tree.
>
> HTH,
> Mark
>
Hi Mark,
Unfortunately I don't fully understand. What do you mean by "reducing to
one source tree"?
Regards
andré
On 06/30/10 06:48, Shoka wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I'm trying to build kind of a minimal gentoo setup with X support. All I
> need is
>
> - X11 and a Window Manager
> - Mozilla Firefox
> - Lighttpd
>
> I use Gnome at this time.
>
> du reports the following directories as the biggest directories on
On 30 June 2010 14:48, Shoka wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I'm trying to build kind of a minimal gentoo setup with X support. All I
> need is
>
> - X11 and a Window Manager
> - Mozilla Firefox
> - Lighttpd
>
> I use Gnome at this time.
Both Gnome and KDE are not for lightweight systems. You may want
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Shoka wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I'm trying to build kind of a minimal gentoo setup with X support. All I
> need is
>
> - X11 and a Window Manager
> - Mozilla Firefox
> - Lighttpd
>
> I use Gnome at this time.
>
> du reports the following directories as the biggest
Hello group,
I'm trying to build kind of a minimal gentoo setup with X support. All I
need is
- X11 and a Window Manager
- Mozilla Firefox
- Lighttpd
I use Gnome at this time.
du reports the following directories as the biggest directories on my
system:
/usr/lib418 MB
/usr/portage 12
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