From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:31:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110204093115.497ea3cc@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D4B9583.7000608@binarywings.net>
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On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:58:27 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Is the same true for more compatible arches like i486 -> i686? I have a
> system where I used the wrong stage-3 and now I'm stuck with an i486
> CHOST on an Atom netbook where I could use every bit of performance.
It's possible, there's even a Gentoo document on it,
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml
Note the first line states
"Changing the CHOST is a big issue that can seriously screw up your
system"
Any time you consider a process that involves emerge -e world, you should
also consider a reinstall. A reinstall will certainly be quicker, the
only reason for an in place fix is if you cannot take the machine down
for that length of time.
--
Neil Bothwick
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-03 23:43 [gentoo-user] The CHOST variable Nils Holland
2011-02-04 0:27 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-02-04 5:58 ` Florian Philipp
2011-02-04 9:29 ` Nils Holland
2011-02-04 9:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-02-04 13:50 ` Nils Holland
2011-02-04 17:40 ` Marius Vaitiekunas
2011-02-04 20:39 ` Enrico Weigelt
2011-02-04 19:57 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-02-04 9:31 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2011-02-07 11:13 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-02-07 13:33 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-02-08 21:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-02-10 15:18 ` Stroller
2011-02-10 20:36 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-02-07 12:24 ` Stroller
2011-02-07 23:03 ` Nils Holland
2011-02-08 12:41 ` Stroller
2011-02-08 21:11 ` Nils Holland
2011-02-10 15:24 ` Stroller
2011-02-10 16:22 ` Paul Hartman
2011-02-10 17:07 ` Stroller
2011-02-10 21:40 ` Nils Holland
2011-02-04 20:21 ` Enrico Weigelt
2011-02-05 13:22 ` Nils Holland
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