Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:34:40 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Making linux-c7 default? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1s_v=UNkuHYJ0cJUnt9oijocn=nr_vEvzUh-UTa6K-w1A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180829103256.6fe1a0f8@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> References: <CAN6yY1tKZ-2U79cw2P9mdAB=etd_NR2p1W8RcO2iOGhYgSpG4Q@mail.gmail.com> <20180829103256.6fe1a0f8@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
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base On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 1:33 AM T=C4=B3l Coosemans <tijl@freebsd.org> wrote= : > On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:32:12 -0700 Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Is there any plan to make linux-c7 the default version? I've been using > it > > for months with no problems and I have not seen issues reported by > others, > > so I have been expecting to see the default change for a while, now. > > > > The main issue I have is that packages are still being built with the > > rather aged c6 and that forces me to keep building some large ports > > manually, especially chromium. On my small system, this takes about 12 > > hours, all because the port is built with a dependency on linux_base-c6= . > > I was thinking of November, after FreeBSD 10 EoL, because I'm not sure > FreeBSD 10 has all the kernel bits to run c7. Maybe we can already > make the switch for 11 and 12 though. > > I don't see how chromium depends on linux_base by the way. It's not in > the output of "make all-depends-list". > I did not try that, but an attempt to use pkg to upgrade it fails because several linux-c6 ports are not available. I don't recall if linux_base-c6 was listed. Prior to moving to c7, I used the package to save 11-12 hours of build time on a port that I only rarely use. Making c7 default on 11 and 12, especially 12, seems like a good idea. Thanks, -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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