[plug] Optimized Distro

[Weirdo]

Thanks.
The dvd wouldn't work as I don't have a dvd drive. apt-build sounds good.
Thanks
Tim
At 12:01 15/07/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:53:50AM +0800, Weirdo wrote:
>| I have just compiled my kernel, optimized for my Celeron 466 on a Debian r0
>| system. I know that Debian packages are compiled so that they will run on a
>| 386 up. I like the Gentoo approach of compiling every thing so that it is
>| optimized. I don't know how it resolves dependences though.
>
>Gentoo's emerge works in much the same way as apt in Debian, only it
>doesn't check for dependencies on uninstall so's to make hosing your
>system easier :)
>
>| I don't know if this can be done with
>| Debian considering I am on 56k.
>
>apt-build sounds like what you want.  (apt-get install apt-build and
>read the instructions :-P)  I managed to install Gentoo over a 56k
>connection so I'm sure you can do the same with Debian source packages.
>
>Cameron.

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