Thread: [ANN] Gentoo chroot on N8x0
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2009-02-03 , 20:31
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Originally Posted by Benson View Post
Isn't Gentoo that cheap pkgsrc knock-off? (I'm running a NetBSD system at home, so I have a license to be a UNIX elitist now. )
Gentoo is very similar to FreeBSD ports (all is built from source by default).

Originally Posted by Benson View Post
While I like the notion of optimizing builds to our hardware, instead of Debian's maximum compatibility, I do wonder how well the self-hosting build method works in practice; pkgsrc builds of Xorg and such take long enough on my 1760 MHz Athlon to be annoying, so I'd think it would be close to unworkable on the N800.
You don't need to build Xorg every day. There are packages that take much time to build (openoffice, kernel, firefox, gcc) but they do not update often.

Originally Posted by Benson View Post
While it is self-hosting, is there an optional way to offload compilation to another system with a cross-compiler, or are hours of installation and updates just something to put up with in exchange for optimization and self-hosting? (And how long does the initial rebuild take, anyway?)
Of course there is. I can use initial cross toolchain to build packages. Or I can configure distcc. I didn't benchmark full rebuild, but I know that gcc-4.2 rebuild takes 8 hours.
 

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