Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit xulrunner version?

2011-02-10 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On 02/10/2011 09:52 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote: > On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 18:32 -0500, Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is there a way to install a 32bit version of xulrunner? >> >> An application I am using on top of eclipse apparently needs a 32bit >> version. Don't know exactly why... Curren

Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit xulrunner version?

2011-02-10 Thread Mike Edenfield
On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 18:32 -0500, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a way to install a 32bit version of xulrunner? > > An application I am using on top of eclipse apparently needs a 32bit > version. Don't know exactly why... Currently I have: xulrunner is in the multilib layman ove

[gentoo-user] 32bit xulrunner version?

2011-02-10 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Hello, Is there a way to install a 32bit version of xulrunner? An application I am using on top of eclipse apparently needs a 32bit version. Don't know exactly why... Currently I have: /usr/lib64/xulrunner-1.9.2 /usr/lib64/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2 /usr/lib64/xulrunner-1.9.2/LICENSE /usr/lib64/xulr

Re: [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable

2011-02-10 Thread Nils Holland
On 10:22 Thu 10 Feb , Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Stroller > wrote: > > I don't really know what the "-fomit-frame-pointer" part does - I imagine > > someone suggested it, perhaps on here, years ago, and it has got copied > > from system to system. > > I think it

Re: [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable

2011-02-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:18 on Thursday 10 February 2011, Stroller did opine thusly: > On 8/2/2011, at 9:55pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > ... > > If you're a gambling man, play it by the numbers: > > > > A re-install for a Gentoo user with a clue is a certain 1 hour of your > > life tops

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc 2.13 warning

2011-02-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:10:06 -0800 (PST), Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > The trouble is that binpkgs keep a copy of the ebuild in them, so > > even if you remove the downgrade check fro the in-tree ebuild, it > > still fails. That one had me scratching my head for a few minutes. > > what happe

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc 2.13 warning

2011-02-10 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 10 February 2011 00:02:07 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:48:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > And it's very difficult to downgrade it due to that hidden barf check > > in the ebuild. I have yet to find a supported, documented way to back > > out of glibc screw-ups; my wa

Re: [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable

2011-02-10 Thread Stroller
On 10/2/2011, at 4:22pm, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Stroller > wrote: >> I don't really know what the "-fomit-frame-pointer" part does - I imagine >> someone suggested it, perhaps on here, years ago, and it has got copied from >> system to system. > > I think it re

Re: [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable

2011-02-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Stroller wrote: > I don't really know what the "-fomit-frame-pointer" part does - I imagine > someone suggested it, perhaps on here, years ago, and it has got copied from > system to system. I think it removes your ability to get a stack trace when programs cras

[gentoo-user] Re: Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > These aren't needed to get a system up and running. Yeah, Ubuntu uses > > them for various ID purposes, but nothing really critical. Unless > > there's a clear need for them, for example if some package in the > > @system set will use them in a way that

[gentoo-user] Re: Bug#354229 Disk & FS Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread james
walt gmail.com> writes: > Correct, they are two different (but equivalent) ways of naming > a filesystem (partition) for use in fstab. > mkfs generates a UUID automatically when the fs is created, but > it does *not* generate a "label" unless you give it one using the > -L flag, or create one l

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Stroller
On 9/2/2011, at 2:27pm, Mark Knecht wrote: > ... > Following Walt's recent thread about his experiences using grub2 I > think getting folks used to disk labels at installation time, be they > names or even better UUID's, might fit in very well with installation > instructions that cover using grub

Re: [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable

2011-02-10 Thread Stroller
On 8/2/2011, at 9:11pm, Nils Holland wrote: > On 12:41 Tue 08 Feb , Stroller wrote: > >> If my process wasn't clear from my last email: it looks like, following that >> document, you have to do the whole thing with changed CHOST, *before* making >> any changes to CFLAGS. It appears like onl

Re: [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable

2011-02-10 Thread Stroller
On 8/2/2011, at 9:55pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: > ... > If you're a gambling man, play it by the numbers: > > A re-install for a Gentoo user with a clue is a certain 1 hour of your life > tops to get it redone with a recent stage 3, more likely 30 minutes. That > will > give you a working system

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc 2.13 warning

2011-02-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 04:07 on Thursday 10 February 2011, Keith Dart did opine thusly: > === On Wed, 02/09, Dale wrote: === > > > Now some of you know how much I hate windows. Of course, DOS wasn't > > much better, > > === > > Yep. I've been using Linux on my desktop since version 1

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:45:53 -0600, Dale wrote: Kewl !! That works. Wonder if I should try this way out. See if I can mess this up. o_O Why would you want to swap a concise, readable fstab for one that needs to be filled with comments to make any sense at all

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:45:53 -0600, Dale wrote: > Kewl !! That works. Wonder if I should try this way out. See if I > can mess this up. o_O Why would you want to swap a concise, readable fstab for one that needs to be filled with comments to make any sense at all? signature.asc Description:

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:45:53 Dale wrote: > Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:31:12 Dale wrote: > >> Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:24 +0200, Petri Rosenström wrote: > If you use vi(m) you don't have to type too much neither. Just use > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:31:12 Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:24 +0200, Petri Rosenström wrote: If you use vi(m) you don't have to type too much neither. Just use :r!blkid /dev/sda in vi(m) and you have the UUID, with

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:31:12 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:24 +0200, Petri Rosenström wrote: > >> If you use vi(m) you don't have to type too much neither. Just use > >> > >> :r!blkid /dev/sda in vi(m) and you have the UUID, with some > >> :additional >

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:24 +0200, Petri Rosenström wrote: If you use vi(m) you don't have to type too much neither. Just use :r!blkid /dev/sda in vi(m) and you have the UUID, with some additional information, but the rest is just vi(m) magic. None of which make

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

2011-02-10 Thread Petri Rosenström
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 16:27 on Wednesday 09 February 2011, Mark > Knecht did opine thusly: > >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Dale wrote: >> > James wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> So looking at the handbook, I was wondering >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc 2.13 warning

2011-02-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 22:50:44 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 19:09:14 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > >> (1) I never use testing versions of system pkgs like Glibc & > > Someone has to or they'll never get tested. > > Come on ! -- not on a production system ! Who mentioned prod