On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 20:59:47 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:

> > No way on 32-bit Athlon. I have Athlon-XP. Even with distcc to
> > Core2Duo it takes about 10 days of compilation time to build all
> > stuff, I'm not counting time to fix all failures here. Well, I have  
> > >3000 packages installed...  
> 
> He's going to have to compile all the user-space stuff either way
> (upgrade or fresh install), so how long that takes is moot.

Except that with an upgrade the old versions are still there and,
usually, usable while compiling the new.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Adolescence, n.: The stage between puberty and adultery.

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