Re: Cross-building environments
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:22:40PM +0100, David Fokkema wrote:
> Wow, I'll have to sort through all those options... Since I want debian
> packages, I'll have to check which ones are already being used, which
> ones are against debian policy (the prefix one, for example) and which
> ones may conflict with my original intent, and which ones I don't yet
> understand, ;-) I had hoped to compile mysql-server-5.0 7etch3 version
> and remove the patches one by one until I'm back at 7etch1. Hopefully, I
> can determine which patch breaks my system. Unfortunately, this will
> probably cost a lot of time, even with the --with-low-memory option, I
> guess. Right now, it seems I'm not able to do it before next week, and
> I'll be away then. So in a week or two... But very nice to know it is
> possible to compile this beast on a slug, thanks!
Remove half the patches, then if it fixes it, add half back, otherwise
remove a further half of the remaining patches, etc until you narrow it
down.
One by one is a silly method.
Divide and conquor. Split the problem in half at each step and you will
get there quicker.
1024 patches can be narrowed down in 10 compiles after all.
--
Len Sorensen
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