* Jim Woodruff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Eric Dorland wrote: > > >Do these steps: > > > >apt-get source mozilla-firefox > >apt-get build-dep mozilla-firefox > >cd mozilla-firefox-1.0.2 > >vi debian/rules (change the OPTFLAG variable by removing the 2 from > >-O2) > >fakeroot debian/rules binary > > > >That should build you packages. It will take a *while*... on my 2.6GHz > >P4 it takes upwards of an hour. > > Well, I tried it. I guess I need a new computer. I finally killed the > build process after 8 1/2 hrs when I was down to 14M of harddrive space > remaining and my 128M swap drive was max'd which practically brought my > sx164 to a standstill. Thanks for the instructions but someone else with > an alpha computer will have to try it.
I actually have an alpha pc collecting dust in a corner. I should break it out and give it a try, but it won't happen soon. > p.s. during the compiling process, I noticed the -O2 option was still > being used. Also, the alpha architecture wasn't in the if/then routines > in the debian/rules file under the OPTFLAG section. That's odd. Are you sure you edited the variable correctly? It's not in the if/then routines because those are only for downgrading optimizations on arches where I know -O2 doesn't work. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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