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When's the last time you compiled a kernel?

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  • Does using gcc to compile a library to a shared object for PHP count? It is compilation.l although not a kernel.

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @cirrus_cloud said:
    Does using gcc to compile a library to a shared object for PHP count? It is compilation.l although not a kernel.

    No...heck, I remember a time when virtually all software installs started with tar xzf and make...

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @raindog308 said:
    No...heck, I remember a time when virtually all software installs started with tar xzf and make...

    ... if one was lucky. In some cases all one got was a 'configure.in' and a 'Makefile.in'.

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @jsg said: ... if one was lucky. In some cases all one got was a 'configure.in' and a 'Makefile.in'.

    Oh, to dream of autoconf!

    That is one thing I enjoyed about computing 30 years ago. The line between writing code and installing/maintaining a system was very blurred. Sysadmins had to know how to write and compile C. Heck, just compiling C was an art form in itself, as you spend time ifdeffing, setting which libraries to link, etc.

  • AlwaysSkintAlwaysSkint Member
    edited June 2020

    ^ and now look what we get; bloated kernels and applications. That's progress for ya. :|
    Anyone for DSL? ;)

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