Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 22:17:14 -0500 (EST) From: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> To: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@virginia.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what/when/how make world Message-ID: <XFMail.971213221840.francisco@natserv.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.971213023839.11016B-100000@mamba.cs.Virginia.EDU>
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On 13-Dec-97 Adrian T. Filipi-Martin wrote: > 99.9% of FreeBSD users never need to do a "make world". They are >usually only developers, or people that want to revuild the entire OS with >their favorite compiler flags, e.g. -m486, if you are not using a pentium >of newer CPU. In somecases you will notice a difference in performance. >Most people don't care enough. On a 486/66MHz, it is a 12+ hour process. Thanks for the explanation. I don't think I need/want to do 12+hours of compilat ion. >All you need is the full source distribution. i.e. everything >under /usr/src. You must have a really BIG drive to say that with such ease. :) I only have a 2 Gig split in FreeBSD, OS/2 and Win 95.
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