Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:38:17 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Ryan Noll <rnoll.bsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to speed up port make?? Message-ID: <2E162641-C9BE-4FD8-8055-8A57C5949DF8@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGzpdJB2HQCWyt2jBmZtfyDAxkjc-at5JLSD5OHy=rG-OHZc8A@mail.gmail.com> References: <1343228557.99992.androidMobile@web140705.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20120726005343.5f4f604c.freebsd@edvax.de> <BAY165-ds19F182A68FD535463D2977CAC30@phx.gbl> <20120726010633.5b206610.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120726004115.GB53190@neutralgood.org> <20120726023336.GA25888@hemlock.hydra> <CAGzpdJB2HQCWyt2jBmZtfyDAxkjc-at5JLSD5OHy=rG-OHZc8A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 25 July 2012, at 23:04, Ryan Noll wrote: > Hello, > > On Jul 25, 2012 7:34 PM, "Chad Perrin" <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: >> You kids have got it easy. I used to have to compile by hand with a pair >> of tweezers, bar copper wire, a magnifying glass, and a potato with two >> pieces of metal stuck in it as a power source. > > Ha-ha... Ah those were the days..., but does anyone remember the "old" way > of building the kernel in the 2.2.8 days? I was just getting started doing > the basic system setup/admin things in those days. Back then (1998 or so) I > did not have access to broadband, so I did not even update the sources back > then, but I knew that it was a good idea to remove devices from the GENERIC > kernel that I did not have--thanks to the book by Greg Lehey. (Even though > the version of "The Complete FreeBSD" I bought is so out of date I cannot > bring myself to throw it away--it was my guide back in those days.) > > Does anyone else remember "The Complete FreeBSD"? Its sitting in my bookshelf. Its pretty worn out though.
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