Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-13 Thread Ed Epstein
In the immortal words of Niklas Herder: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:53:35 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > | wrote: > | | Oh yeah, I have another question. How does this fact relate to the > | | notion of dynamically linked binaries? > | > | Dynamic linking doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-13 Thread Niklas Herder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:53:35 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | wrote: | | Oh yeah, I have another question. How does this fact relate to the | | notion of dynamically linked binaries? | | Dynamic linking doesn't mean that l

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Ed Epstein
Regarding "Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?", Ciaran McCreesh said: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:53:35 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > | Oh yeah, I have another question. How does this fact relate to the > | notion

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:53:35 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Oh yeah, I have another question. How does this fact relate to the | notion of dynamically linked binaries? Dynamic linking doesn't mean that linked packages will carry on working when you hit a major ABI change such as ena

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Alec Warner
Ed Epstein wrote: I was wondering what really needs to be done to switch to nptl on an existing 2.6 system. According to this document: http://gentoo-wiki.com/NPTL#Switching_to_NPTL you don't need to recompile anything other than glibc to gain the full end-user performance benefits of nptl (tho

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:45:30 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Thanks Ciaran. I've begun the emerge. Oy. At least I can still work | while it's doing its thing. Why is there this conflicting information | in the Wiki? *shrug* It's a wiki, anyone can write whatever they like there. Re

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Ed Epstein
Regarding "Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?", Ciaran McCreesh said: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:27:33 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > | I was wondering, which is the accurate method of switching? > > The accurate

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Ed Epstein
Regarding "Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?", Ciaran McCreesh said: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:27:33 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > | I was wondering, which is the accurate method of switching? > > The accurate

Re: [gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:27:33 -0800 Ed Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I was wondering, which is the accurate method of switching? The accurate method is the one described in the official Gentoo documentation. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) Mail

[gentoo-user] emptytree recompile when switching to nptl?

2005-01-10 Thread Ed Epstein
I was wondering what really needs to be done to switch to nptl on an existing 2.6 system. According to this document: http://gentoo-wiki.com/NPTL#Switching_to_NPTL you don't need to recompile anything other than glibc to gain the full end-user performance benefits of nptl (though it does sugges