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Re: Linux on 486 with 16Mb RAM



On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, "Shahar Dag" <shahar_d@cs.Technion.AC.IL> wrote:

> I know that you can re-compile the kernel for the processor you are using.
> 1. Do you need to re-compile the entire distro when using an old processor?

No.

> 2. Can you re-compile the entire distro?

In Debian, theoretically yes. In reality, some of the build-depends are
wrong, sometimes a special setup is required and similar.
However, some simple scripts will get you 90% of the way.

'''
#!/bin/sh
for package in `dpkg --get-selections` do apt-get source -b $package; done
'''

But I'm not sure apt currently also installs build-depends correctly.

In any case, if something doesn't build from source, it's a bug -- file
it and it will hopefully be fixed. Of course, if you can fix it,
submit a patch with your bug too...
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