RE: Installing on a new system... Is it possible to have the packages I select automatically build from .deb source versions and compiled specifically for my CPU?
Is it possible to somehow set this method as the preferred method for
installing new packages? (Like say using a text editor from the boot cd
before allowing the first debian boot from the hard disk?)
-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan O'Connor [mailto:brendano@stanford.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 03:32
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Installing on a new system... Is it possible to have the
packages I select automatically build from .deb source versions and compiled
specifically for my CPU?
On Monday 09 July 2001 01:51, mjevans1983011 wrote:
> I think the topic says most of what I want.
>
<Snip>
> Anyway; is this possible? Can I just put in a boot disk/cd and have all
my
> packages compiled on my system to its exact abilities? If yes, which
> download is it for debian?
>
Well, not that automatically. You can always apt-get -b source package to
automatically download the source and compile it (and the pentium-builder
package is supposed to automatically force optimizations for you) but you'll
need a base system installed first. I guess you could slowly replace all
your default installed packages with more robust, faster ones.
--Brendan
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