Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's feasible, and if you recompile from Debian sources, you can meet > all of the dependencies. There's only one problem though: most > packages are compiled with (reasonably) sane optimizations. There won't > be many performance gains. If I had to recompile four parts of my > system from source, they would be, in this order: > > 1. glibc, because it is THE library that all programs rely on
For a while (since version 2.2.2-3), Debian's glibc was compiled with no optimizations at all. Is this still true? > 2. gcc, because it might speed up compiles > 3. kernel, because a correctly tweaked kernel is a thing of beauty > 4. XFree86, because I had to include a fourth (X takes FOREVER to > build) > > Even then I'm not sure that you'd get many performance gains. Remember > Knuth: "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." That statement refers to the actual writing of code. Turning on compiler optimizations really doesn't have the same effect. -- People said I was dumb, but I proved them! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
