Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-03 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/3/06, Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can recommend NPTL for situations where threading really matters. And > it only speeds threading, so whether using it or not is a matter of > analyzing your application landscape... I agree. Java applications in particular seem to benefi

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-03 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:40:39 -0500 fire-eyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Myself I tried ntpl (and also ntplonly at someones suggestion). It is > supposed to offer better thread support, especially if you have an SMP > or dual core system. I have an SMP system. It's just more lightweight by

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-02 Thread Jeff
Ooop... my apologies... it's NPTL! Duh me!!! http://gentoo-wiki.com/NPTL fire-eyes wrote: > Jeff wrote: > >>Just wondering - how would my system benefit from using ntpl/ntplonly? I >>don't see very much 'official' documentation of these USE flags, but >>Googling, I see a lot of people using it t

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-02 Thread fire-eyes
Jeff wrote: > Just wondering - how would my system benefit from using ntpl/ntplonly? I > don't see very much 'official' documentation of these USE flags, but > Googling, I see a lot of people using it to 'optimize' their gcc/system. > > Anyone care to comment? > Myself I tried ntpl (and also ntp

[gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-02 Thread Jeff
Just wondering - how would my system benefit from using ntpl/ntplonly? I don't see very much 'official' documentation of these USE flags, but Googling, I see a lot of people using it to 'optimize' their gcc/system. Anyone care to comment? -- Luke can't levitate his X-Wing out of the bog. Luke Sk