From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ImeKV-00008p-I5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:47:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l9TNjkoY021423; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:45:46 GMT Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9TNjk1K021418 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:45:46 GMT Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ImeIa-0002bM-49 for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:45:36 +0000 Received: from ip68-230-96-73.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.230.96.73]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:45:36 +0000 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-230-96-73.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:45:36 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: firefox-bin crashing a few times every day Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <5bdc1c8b0710291034g3b21f795q8e14ee27492690dc@mail.gmail.com> <4d192b620710291041m57573c25i854b76b5c7aebc68@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0710291048h4ce51b1dsdd48803718d1551a@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-230-96-73.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 423d7031-25fb-4c00-b07a-4e2212316f5d X-Archives-Hash: a045fdf298754bf7a59c07233078b263 Beso posted d257c3560710291145p65425e7ao9a55c53484ccaf0f@mail.gmail.com, excerpted below, on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:45:52 +0100: > i'd suggest you install ccache before compiling if you don't yet use it > and to add the option --buildpkg to emerge, so that you can have the > firefox package built for your particular system. this is useful also > for long time compiling packages as gtk+,qt or kdelibs and kdebase. if > you'd later need to reinstall them (for example the expat-2 update) you > can install them in a matter of little time. just be aware that the > packaging requires additional disk space to package the files once > they're compiled. i didn't experience crashes in the last 6 months. I have FEATURES=ccache and buildpkg both on, so no need to add the emerge parameter, but yes, I've been doing this for some time, and seriously recommend it (particularly the buildpkg part, ccache is covered in the handbook reasonably well already) myself. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list