Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels

2000-07-10 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > Agreed. I tried it out and found a number of things I didn't like > about it. Basically, it's a completely different build process: > > 1. Before building, it removes the existing kernel build tree. > There's no good reason for this. Agreed > 2. I

Re: slow connections over ethernet

2000-04-09 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Brian Beattie wrote: > I'm running a 10Mb ethernet and recently it has started taking a very logn > time to connect and log into one system from another. >Once logged in, every thing seems fine. Sounds like inverse DNS lookup delays. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Stability and versions - was Re: Let 3.x die ASAP?

2000-03-31 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, J McKitrick wrote: > "STABLE" refers to the code base, NOT the stability of systems running > it. > Simple concept, deep meaning. Newbies should understand ... And therein lies the problem. Newbies don't understand much of anything about this (or any other) project. The app

Re: trimming build/installworld

2000-02-10 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
should apply ONLY to the host system. It should not be used to control builds of alternate systems. Using a bunch of command line flags is extremely awkward and eventually leads to namespace conflict problems. -- Richard Wackerbarth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL