On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 01:28:51AM -0400, Adrian Almenar wrote: > 1.- I think the docs should have a section were the user can configure > the CHOST variable, so he can change it for optimal performance of his > hardware. The value of CHOST has in general absolutely no effect on the performance of the machine. (There are a few misguided packages I've seen upstream that try to use it to set up some basic CFLAGS, but those packages aren't in Gentoo).
Changing the CHOST value has a large potential to break your machine if you aren't careful, as GCC uses it as part of it's location to install in, and sometimes stuff is linked against libraries in that location. > 2.- It should have at least a > #SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage", so the user can > change it to the closest rsync mirror. > 3.- This exactly the same as point three but with GENTOO_MIRRORS. Mirrorselect was created for this express purpose. -- Robin Hugh Johnson E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page : http://www.orbis-terrarum.net/?l=people.robbat2 ICQ# : 30269588 or 41961639 GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
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