Re: Readjusting toolchain nitpick

2008-11-28 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Greg Schafer wrote: > Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > >> We can simplify the sed expression and get rid of the note entirely if we >> change it to: >> >> -e 's@/tools@@g' >> >> Anyone have any objections to this change? > > I'd just like to make the following points: > > 1. You're introducing a di

Re: Readjusting toolchain nitpick

2008-11-28 Thread Greg Schafer
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > We can simplify the sed expression and get rid of the note entirely if we > change it to: > > -e 's@/tools@@g' > > Anyone have any objections to this change? I'd just like to make the following points: 1. You're introducing a distinct lack of clarity about what is

Readjusting toolchain nitpick

2008-11-28 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
In section 6.10, Readjusting the Toolchain we perform about 3 sed expressions to specs file. The first one looks like this: -e 's@/tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2@/lib/[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Also, there is a prominent note before this sed command stating: "If working on a platform where the name of th

Re: The value of 64-bit vs 32-bit

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:01:45AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > One commenter said that virtually everything except flash and grub > were 64 bit. I believe that flash is a very important application for > many users and until that becomes available, many users will reject > 64-bit Linux. > Gn

Re: The value of 64-bit vs 32-bit

2008-11-28 Thread Bryan Kadzban
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:01:45AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > One commenter said that virtually everything except flash and grub > were 64 bit. I believe that flash is a very important application for > many users and until that becomes available, many users will reject > 64-bit Linux. That is

Re: Updating BLFS to 6.4 (long)

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 02:34:19PM +, I wrote: > > I can do esound, flac (patch), id3lib (patch), lame, libdvdcss, > SDL, mpg123, xine-lib, audacious (plugins now require neon, at least > at runtime, we have it as a link from subversion). I'll be happy to > add libtheora, but I think fixing

Re: The value of 64-bit vs 32-bit

2008-11-28 Thread Gilles Espinasse
- Original Message - From: "Jeremy Huntwork" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LFS Developers Mailinglist" Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:43 AM Subject: Re: The value of 64-bit vs 32-bit ... > The only consideration, to my mind, would then be: should LFS worry > about providing multilib supp

Re: The value of 64-bit vs 32-bit

2008-11-28 Thread Christoph Berg
Am Freitag, 28. November 2008 05:05:37 schrieb Dennis J Perkins: > > The only consideration, to my mind, would then be: should LFS worry > > about providing multilib support or not? > > > > -- > > JH > > How many programs don't run in 64-bit mode now? I'm running 64-bit LFS > and the only ones I c

Re: The value of 64-bit vs 32-bit

2008-11-28 Thread Gilles Espinasse
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LFS Developers Mailinglist" Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:01 AM Subject: Re: The value of 64-bit vs 32-bit ... > > * Any comments on the details provided in the above article, > > specifically in how that might relat