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I remember back in 2000 or so when I declined the invitation to a party because I wanted to compile a new kernel in the evening.
by metanonsense 11mo ago
I remember back in 2000 or so when I declined the invitation to a party because I wanted to compile a new kernel in the evening.
- ok123456 11mo agoDid it compile?
- bicolao 11mo agoIt's 2000. Build failure was pretty much expected for any software. Probably a good idea to stay home and work through any problem. Nowadays you'll just fire up a build and go. And the build is probably finished before you're out of the door.
- svara 11mo agoThe way I remember it the Linux kernel compiled really reliably back then. It would take a few hours though.
- ok123456 11mo agomake config && make depend && make modules && make zImage &&
- satiated_grue 11mo agolilo
- guerrilla 11mo agoYes. I never had problems with Linux itself and compiled kernels constantly. What I did have incessant problems with was compiling GNOME 1.2 and 1.4. SO MANY problems, just non-stop... it was always something. I learned a bit though, although not as much as I could have if I paid attention more.