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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!kaiwan.kaiwan.com!pell.com!pell.com!there.is.no.cabal From: orc@pell.com (Orc) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 7 Sep 1995 15:33:49 -0700 Organization: We're here, we're queer, we're going to drink some beer Lines: 25 Message-ID: <42ns0d$qj3@pell.com> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> <42c18e$eg7@klaava.helsinki.fi> <42dp79$bv5@wolfe.wimsey.com> <42gnkt$9ji@klaava.helsinki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: pell.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1010 comp.os.linux.advocacy:20515 In article <42gnkt$9ji@klaava.helsinki.fi>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cc.Helsinki.FI> wrote: >In article <42dp79$bv5@wolfe.wimsey.com>, >Curt Sampson <curt@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >>Or in other words, can I cross compile from a platform where I also >>compile native systems for that platform? > >This is getting ridiculous. In a word (or three): "Who really cares?" Well, I do. I maintain kernels for three different machines on my server, and if it wasn't for the pBs configuration patches, I'd have long since been driven to screaming diatribes about the standard configuration scheme. I *hate* the standard configuration arrangement, because it exchanges the utility of a berkeley-style configurator for the dubious benefit of an interactive config while tossing out any change of keeping multiple configs. It may not be a major issue, since I've now upgraded my server to a 486/100 and compiles now only take about 15 minutes, but it's *really* annoying. ____ david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.com \/