> That is certainly an issue. On the other hand:
>
> free:
> total used free sharedbuffers cached
> Mem: 3114664 7948562319808 0 57404 404636
> -/+ buffers/cache: 3328162781848
> Swap: 4032304 04032304
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 03:47:43PM -0700, Tim wrote:
>> I haven't read the entire (verbose) thread on this topic, but one
>> thing I'd like to point out if someone else hasn't:
>>
>> Using multiple versions of the same library across multip
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 03:47:43PM -0700, Tim wrote:
> I haven't read the entire (verbose) thread on this topic, but one
> thing I'd like to point out if someone else hasn't:
>
> Using multiple versions of the same library across multiple
> applications costs you more than disk space. It also cos
> In such an environment, why the heck do we design the loader
> to require the use the same version of libfoo for every
> application on the system? Why not keep a disk copy of every
> version of libfoo ever needed by any code ever run on the
> system? /usr/lib takes up about 2GB on my system -
On Mar 26, 2011 2:51 PM, "Rogan Creswick" wrote:
> Building static binaries is the best solution I'm aware of at the
> moment, and clearly not an option at all for many, many things.
...but it does sound like a good solution for the programs keith himself
writes!
You could Get a little fancier
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>> On Mar 26, 2011 11:13 AM, "Keith Lofstrom" wrote:
> ... using multiple library versions simultaneously
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 01:04:59PM -0700, Rogan Creswick wrote:
>> NixOs does much of what you describe, retaining multiple versions
> On Mar 26, 2011 11:13 AM, "Keith Lofstrom" wrote:
... using multiple library versions simultaneously
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 01:04:59PM -0700, Rogan Creswick wrote:
> NixOs does much of what you describe, retaining multiple versions of a
> library, but I have not yet tried it.
If I understand
Applies for top posting, the device I'm using limits my options :(
NixOs does much of what you describe, retaining multiple versions of a
library, but I have not yet tried it.
-Rogan
On Mar 26, 2011 11:13 AM, "Keith Lofstrom" wrote:
> I am vaguely familiar with the regression testing that goes on
I am vaguely familiar with the regression testing that goes on
with Perl CPAN modules. The Perl community is very test-oriented,
which is one reason they are a pleasure to hang out with. With
most software, it seems that the tools are not available to
automate testing and perform detailed all-ver
