From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 06:04:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EEF2106566C for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:04:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoll.bsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f42.google.com (mail-wg0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8C808FC0C for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:04:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so5122182wgb.1 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:04:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=aW9p4+tzqDDuaSCZnJLnCEvtJCY0ixxwVCtO0MPL0+k=; b=v8eVKrcwIj+lPdnENIzTzzVHNwJJw3VL335x5Avthx5gRHlvsotVbrJH2chRHe/eKl VosfwiKMMmBs19TTmvKznknPuM8FdEesp1p+vqtAQi3HQnAa1x9jhEItRjSdB99L+552 zPC9WDxSso+qXmNiPA//2D8g1k8Wi9iwhp/QII4Mqjt8iQOtMBWI3PJoE52aRoTbgpns jkMwIpTD1+LJPfqiU4I3JsSGkC1BA/r9qzRWjcSlLrh3xSS1Ls9oQmeCUtQVbI3pNgNR bR0T8Eo61zVxvJFxnVTHsYCSFUcZyg3PMTyF1CIgYqrAd+E0jS7cfwio4ulcGQij664k MJgA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.134.101 with SMTP id r79mr9910525wei.60.1343282667746; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:04:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.78.206 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:04:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.78.206 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:04:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120726023336.GA25888@hemlock.hydra> References: <1343228557.99992.androidMobile@web140705.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20120726005343.5f4f604c.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120726010633.5b206610.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120726004115.GB53190@neutralgood.org> <20120726023336.GA25888@hemlock.hydra> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:04:27 -0700 Message-ID: From: Ryan Noll To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: how to speed up port make?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:04:29 -0000 Hello, On Jul 25, 2012 7:34 PM, "Chad Perrin" wrote: > You kids have got it easy. I used to have to compile by hand with a pair > of tweezers, bar copper wire, a magnifying glass, and a potato with two > pieces of metal stuck in it as a power source. Ha-ha... Ah those were the days..., but does anyone remember the "old" way of building the kernel in the 2.2.8 days? I was just getting started doing the basic system setup/admin things in those days. Back then (1998 or so) I did not have access to broadband, so I did not even update the sources back then, but I knew that it was a good idea to remove devices from the GENERIC kernel that I did not have--thanks to the book by Greg Lehey. (Even though the version of "The Complete FreeBSD" I bought is so out of date I cannot bring myself to throw it away--it was my guide back in those days.) Does anyone else remember "The Complete FreeBSD"?