Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Dave Nebinger
I can compromise by giving people a choice between... a) Run the safe setting "-j1" b) Run a with a higher value. If a compile blows up on you, try it again with "-j1" before reporting a bug or asking for help. First this mistakenly makes it seem that emerge failures are due to whatever t

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:25:40AM -0400, Michael Crute wrote > It may be simpler to look at > http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html for the cflags for > the processor. Yikes!!! Let's just say that I strongly disagree with them. 1) I do not consider -O3 to be "safe".

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:00:17AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:01 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... > > MAKEOPTS="-j1" > > Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging > > for problems if you do so

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 01:06:54AM -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote > I don't necessarily agree with using "-*" in your USE flags, simply > because I think the USE flags in the /etc/make.conf are meant to > enhance the builds with options you plan on using. Default USE > flags, as identified by the dev

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/11/05, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:25:40 -0400 Michael Crute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:| It may be simpler to look at| http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html for theExcept that it's oh so very wrong...Is it? How so? Just curious because

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:25:40 -0400 Michael Crute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | It may be simpler to look at | http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html for the Except that it's oh so very wrong... -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/11/05, Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    2) The generic portion of CFLAGS consists of those flags that do notbegin with "-m".  For that part, use "-O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"  Please, do *NOT* use "-O3" (or higher!!!) or try to unroll every last loop or use every last exotic generi

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Robert Robinson
On 9/11/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:01 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... > > MAKEOPTS="-j1" > > Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging > > for problems if you do so. > > Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:01 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... > MAKEOPTS="-j1" > Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging > for problems if you do so. This is a blanket statement that will only slow down compiles for a lot

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
Not to rain on your parade, Walter, but: 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... MAKEOPTS="-j1" Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging for problems if you do so. I use distcc in my compile farm and have most systems set to -j8 or above. I haven't run in