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brainwasher

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From: Lucca (Italy)

Registered: 2007-01-04

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Compile archlinux from scratch ??

Is possible to recompile archlinux from scratch ? from sources ? like gentoo (Stage 1 2 3) ??

shilder

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From: Russia

Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 13

Re: Compile archlinux from scratch ??

Is possible to recompile archlinux from scratch ? from sources ? like gentoo (Stage 1 2 3) ??

maybe makeworld help you ?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_Arch_i586

set compiler flags and options specific to your machine and rebuild base packages.. when reinstall them by using pacman -U

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: Compile archlinux from scratch ??

I know it's common to try and "solve" a problem by providing what you asked for, but I want to attack this from a different angle:
Why do you want to do this?  If you're looking to actually start up a "port" to a different architecture, it's fairly complicated and not recommended if you don't really know all the details.  If you just want to compile "because it's faster" I can tell you that there will positively be no difference in speed after you recompile everything.  Your biggest jumps would be in compiling maybe the kernel, glibc, X, and your WM for your architecture.  I wouldn't compile everything.

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buddabrod

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 220

Re: Compile archlinux from scratch ??

You should also be aware of the increasing size of all the recompiled and "optimized" libs/apps, because compile time and size normally increase with the number of optimizations you use.
I used a fully optimized gentoo before changing back to arch and there is no difference in performance at all except that arch starts faster

shilder

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From: Russia

Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 13

Re: Compile archlinux from scratch ??

You should also be aware of the increasing size of all the recompiled and "optimized" libs/apps, because compile time and size normally increase with the number of optimizations you use.
I used a fully optimized gentoo before changing back to arch and there is no difference in performance at all except that arch starts faster

maybe he want to recompile with -Os  ? ))

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