Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-03 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:40:39 -0500 fire-eyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Myself I tried ntpl (and also ntplonly at someones suggestion). It is supposed to offer better thread support, especially if you have an SMP or dual core system. I have an SMP system. It's just more lightweight by

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-03 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/3/06, Hans-Werner Hilse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can recommend NPTL for situations where threading really matters. And it only speeds threading, so whether using it or not is a matter of analyzing your application landscape... I agree. Java applications in particular seem to benefit

[gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-02 Thread Jeff
Just wondering - how would my system benefit from using ntpl/ntplonly? I don't see very much 'official' documentation of these USE flags, but Googling, I see a lot of people using it to 'optimize' their gcc/system. Anyone care to comment? -- Luke can't levitate his X-Wing out of the bog. Luke

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-02 Thread fire-eyes
Jeff wrote: Just wondering - how would my system benefit from using ntpl/ntplonly? I don't see very much 'official' documentation of these USE flags, but Googling, I see a lot of people using it to 'optimize' their gcc/system. Anyone care to comment? Myself I tried ntpl (and also ntplonly

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags - Why use ntpl/ntplonly in make.conf?

2006-02-02 Thread Jeff
Ooop... my apologies... it's NPTL! Duh me!!! http://gentoo-wiki.com/NPTL fire-eyes wrote: Jeff wrote: Just wondering - how would my system benefit from using ntpl/ntplonly? I don't see very much 'official' documentation of these USE flags, but Googling, I see a lot of people using it to