Safety of -mpentium or -mpentiumpro with egcs

2000-06-12 Thread JF Martinez
Does anyone knox if it is safe to compile with -mpentium and -mpentiumpro when using egcs-1.1.2? What about kernel compilinh. Regards -- Jean Francois Martinez Project Independence: Linux for the Masses http://www.independence.seul.org -- To unsubscribe: mail -s uns

Re: updated kernel rpms?

2000-06-12 Thread Patrick Lawrence
Steven Lord wrote: > This is true, but if you use the rpms and need that the same applies. Redhat includes the RAID patches in their SRPMs. Hence the need for a new SRPM/RPM from Redhat for the kernel. I'd rather have them add in their patches and QA it than waste my time adding them to the 2.2

Re: g++ question

2000-06-12 Thread Thomas Dodd
Alexandru Sofronie wrote: > > Hi all! > > I have this question and i don't know anywhere else to post: > There is a vector of strings with variant length each one. > Please cout << me << a solution. > Or, check the implement below, and PLEASE HELP ME!!! > Or, maybe, please indicate anoth

RE: updated kernel rpms?

2000-06-12 Thread Steven Lord
But if you depend on certain Redhat patches (eg. RAID) then just using the source can be a bit problematic... This is true, but if you use the rpms and need that the same applies. Either way your on a one way trip to patch city. An efficient kernel contains the bare minimum, with modules for othe

g++ question

2000-06-12 Thread Alexandru Sofronie
Hi all! I have this question and i don't know anywhere else to post: There is a vector of strings with variant length each one. Please cout << me << a solution. Or, check the implement below, and PLEASE HELP ME!!! Or, maybe, please indicate another mailing list with things like that, if t

Re: /sbin in root's $PATH?

2000-06-12 Thread John Summerfield
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, John Summerfield wrote: > > > > > One of the great weaknesses of Linux is the need to be root to do so many > > different things. Being root, one CAN do so many things... > > > > Do you mean that Linux is more affected by this than any other flavor of > UNIX? Can you pl

Re: Newbie

2000-06-12 Thread John Summerfield
> Hi all! > > Please help me with this: I made it with dns problem, but when I execute ndc > restart it tells me something like > Error: name server was not running (Warning only). > This is ok, after that I can telnet my own machine like telnet > main.myowndomain.dom.(192.168.10.1 - for not dist

Re: updated kernel rpms?

2000-06-12 Thread Patrick Lawrence
> I would strongly suggest that you get the source and compile it yourself. > It's not as scary as you think. Linuxdoc (www.linuxdoc.org) has a kernel > howto. RPM's are generally pre-compiled with patches and stuff that can make > it a bit ugly. Example: Mandrake kernel RPM's are fine if you have

RE: updated kernel rpms?

2000-06-12 Thread Steven Lord
I would strongly suggest that you get the source and compile it yourself. It's not as scary as you think. Linuxdoc (www.linuxdoc.org) has a kernel howto. RPM's are generally pre-compiled with patches and stuff that can make it a bit ugly. Example: Mandrake kernel RPM's are fine if you have a penti