Re: Machine-specific optimizations

2000-09-02 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:45:05PM +0200, Arthur Korn wrote: > Is there a convenient way to put a package on hold? I couldn't > figure anything out form the dpkg and apt-get manpages. If I > have to start dselect every time I want to put something on hold > this is certainly not how it should be. (

Re: Machine-specific optimizations

2000-09-02 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 12:04:20PM -0400, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > Despite the disclaimer about error checking, I have had good > results with it. just paranoia. i've never had a problem with it. the message is there mostly to let people know that it's the kind of tool which makes it real eas

Re: Machine-specific optimizations

2000-09-01 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
Arthur Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a convenient way to put a package on hold? I couldn't Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> included the following in a message dated Tue, 4 Apr 2000 10:43:53 +1000: > #! /bin/bash > > # dpkg-hold -- command line tool to flag package(s)

Re: Machine-specific optimizations

2000-09-01 Thread Arthur Korn
Hello. Alisdair McDiarmid schrieb: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 01:49:13PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > you always have the option of using 'apt-get source' to recompile a package, > > then place it on hold and we wont touch it. > > I've tried doing this occasionally -- more often to chang

Re: Machine-specific optimizations

2000-08-31 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 01:49:13PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > So, is there any plan to use them (like recompiling the package on the > > user's > > machine)? > > > > you always have the option of using 'apt-get source' to recompile a package, > then place it on hold and we wont t

RE: Machine-specific optimizations

2000-08-31 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > So, is there any plan to use them (like recompiling the package on the user's > machine)? > you always have the option of using 'apt-get source' to recompile a package, then place it on hold and we wont touch it. Beyond that, it gets very messy. Not to mention the disk usage. Users who in

Re: Machine-specific optimizations

2000-08-31 Thread David Starner
On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 05:34:01PM -0300, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > So, is there any plan to use them (like recompiling the package on the user's > machine)? Yes, that is the plan. No, there is no other plan. (Why can't we have cool undying threads like, I don't know, katanas?) -- David St

Machine-specific optimizations

2000-08-31 Thread Cesar Eduardo Barros
I know this theme has been repeated a lot here, but I still think that using machine-specific optimizations can make a difference. Specifically, there are a few packages (libgmp, gnupg, bzip2) where it could make a lot of difference. Some packages use every tiny bit of extra compiler optimization