[Q] Recompiling packages for i686

Hi, I've heard that software compiled with optimizations for a particular processor (say, i686) boosts performance by as much as 20%. I was wondering what is the best approach to take if I want to automatically download src, compile and install all the packages that are currently installed on my

[Q] Use gcc272 to compile package for potato?

Hi, I have gcc (2.95.2-0pre2) and gcc272 (2.7.2.3-12) installed on my potato machine. The powertweak package that I recently uploaded (0.1.2-3) was compiled with gcc 2.95.X As many of you have noticed, the powertwek inary compiled with 2.95.X segfaults. I tried various things (including -fno-s

Re: netscape crashes on potato

Greg Stark proclaimed: > Actually, would it be possible to bug the netscape maintainer into releasing > libc5 packages? That might solve a lot of problems since the libc5 version > isn't actually beta... Actually, the glibc2 is more stable (despite being listed under the 'unsupported' directory in

Re: vmware

Steve Lamb proclaimed: > I've seriously considered forking over the $99 so I can convert > my machine machine to a dual-boot system with Windows running > inside Linux. I wouldn't want to run games on a VM so I would > dual-boot for that, but for most of the applications > that I do need in Window

Re: VA Research and linux.com

Joseph Carter proclaimed: > Not to mention the longstanding rumors that "soon" Debian will be offered > on VA's machines.. I thought VA already did Debian installs "on request". S. -- Marge: Homer, you are his father. You've got to reason with him. Homer: Oh, that never works. He is a goner! S

Re: jdk117v3 package?

Vincent Murphy proclaimed: > a new version of jdk117 from blackdown (v3) has been released. apparently, > the problems with glibc2.1 have been resolved, though i haven't checked this > out myself. > > is anybody working on packaging it? can i help? It is already in Incoming. S. -- "Son, thi

Intent to package dadadodo

[NOTE: Bcc-ing [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I don't want wnpp to be spammed with any discussion about this] For more info on the software see http://www.jwz.org/dadadodo/ Source: dadadodo Section: text Priority: optional Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

What to do when apt, dpkg and dselect dump core

I recently upgraded to apt_0.0.16-1 Things seemed to be going fine till today. Today I noticed that apt-get, dpkg and dselect all dump core - * apt-get apt-get update works fine apt-get upgrade dumps core. The packages get downloaded fine to /var/cache/apt/archives/ * dselect 'Access' (se

[dpkg] Installing software as a non privileged user - A suggestion

I don't know if this has been discussed here before. Is it possible for a non privileged user to use dpkg to install a package under the user's home directory? I know this kind of installation is not perfect. But sometimes it is helpful. What are the pros and cons of this kind of an approach?

Re: Debian GNU/Linux: Best of the Web! (fwd)

Eloy A. Paris wrote: > Nicol?s Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : Are we really that good?? =) > Probably they are grateful to us because they use Debian on their own > systems? The Minig Co? Not likely. I did a little bit of part time work for them and was even offered a job a year and

Re: Colored Shell

> Pat Quick wrote: > I have had Linux on my machine before (Slackware) and had a shell that had > different colors assigned by file type. It was pretty nice. I cannot > find the shell that does this in the newest version of Debian. Any > suggestions. Help on changing shells at login would be ap